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ZX SPECTRUM 



RENEGADE 3 
-THE FINAL 
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NO. 62 MARCH 1989 



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CRASH — THE MOST UP-TO-DATE 
COMPUTER MAGAZINE 

We've always said that our reviews are the most unbiased around. But what some people forget is that we're 
also the most up-to-date magazine around. This month we have first screen shots of Renegade J and Red Heat, 
stop press reviews of Run The Gauntlet and fncredible Shrinking Sphere, and EXCLUSIVE news on the greatest 
5p«ctrum software house. Ultimate - Play The Game. You can get cassettes any day, but CRASH is where it's at 

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COIN-OPS COMPACT 



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The b*ft coniole av«il«bli 
tod«y1 \ ii the view of the CftAS^I 
t*am, Whh the conuile madcet 
really hotting up, we review 
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8 NEWS 

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11 FORUM 
IS JOrSIKKS 
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41 NICK ROAERTS'S 

PUYINGTIPS 

53 ON THE SCREEN 

5S TECH NICHE 

Sa AACADES 

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NE 
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SINCLAIR'S NEW MODELS 




BEA 
MOTORMOUTH 



I r T wU watch rrV'S MotormouttiQn Saturday mornings, 
you'll no doutit have spotted the section featuring Firebird's odd 
arcade adventijre, Wetrd Dreams, A viewef is phon«d and asked 
general knowledge (questions. If the viewer gets the anawer right, 
the game's main character proceeds to lt>e r>ext level. Mega- 
ama^ng, you're thtrtking. but so what? Wetl. the good r>ews is 
that Weird Dfeams is comirtg soon tc your Spectrum. So prepare 
yoursert for som« SpeCcy surrealism within th^ next few months. 
Meanwtiile, you can expen^noe weird dreams while watching 
Mctonnoijtfi itself - it senda most people off to tti« lan^j of Nod. 




BOB'S YOUR UNCLE 



Eyes down for a full hous«, Domarti; 
have (seen revealed as the soft- 
war e house resporisible for bnng- 
ng Sob Monkhouse to the Spec- 
trum 606 s Fidi Hotise is the name, 
and bift£C)'£ th« gamt. So tpatX 
ffom wifirmg a posftive parade of 

8 CRASH March 1989 



pretend prizes, we'll b* able to 
sample a weaHh of wrt irom the 
master of innuendo Nmseif. So 
fmq^efs on the buzzers ... I sdKJ 
buzzers, madam, smirk smirk 
0m4 look 9t th« csnttm. wart tor 
carmed lau^ter. 



$IR CLiVE SiNClAiR haa b«m 
at it again! Hrs Cambridge- 
basad microchip firm 
AfWmartlO la preparing to 
tiuncti a mm clilp- ttia wsf er- 
Bcala Intagration (W5I} ntam^ 
ory davice. Thkt It prCHnwad to 
hm OTttirely qrwmii^nm arKf Is 
apparadtty ancaiffefrt writfi 
ckk1I«« of sjilt and vln*gar. It 
should also allow proceaaor 
and memofv chlp« to b« com- 
bined for aittra isste. 

A^arentty the WSI wilt 
fransform fast-food comput- 



Bralns ovar bralni 



ing. But Sir Clive has baan 
turning h)« attention to nnore 
pressing matters J n June, h«'s 
wiring up his circu^s (ki, gat* 
ting marrlad] to baautif ul sx- 
nvodel, Bemadatte Tynart. 
Accofdinoto Tha Mail On Sun- 
day, the ociup4« met through 
MENSA, tfia society for rvally 
brainy sod*. Bamadatta^e IQ te 
or^hf ftva points lass than 
Clhm'B. Conlrarlly, har agt la 
lass than hatf his - n all goas to 
show that CKva ia atiM an 
•Xpert in vital a<afiatics. 




1988 PR Girl of the 
Year 



After «J much irgMmen/t aboul 
lunnm in KJ^Kurarethefcl'idiecidM] 
W'-i »\\ i load Qi bouklerd»&h lor 
wond» to rh^ efleci). So we've 
decickfd tci iwdrd th(H« hard-WOfk- 
in|^rh ihd! sUve ov4>r ;* hot phone 
&om dawn unfil du.'^, trvwigtccon- 
vine P ev<vYor# that theirpfodidci k 
mutb bcfl« tbart evwyow t\ie\ 
Uevn mirxf what thpy're caM - 
Markeling A&»i$t,»)t», Promotiom 
Coordir^or^, Ftnv LiKson 
Oikers -. ihev re afi basically PR 
BiHws. Thev dU Ka v« a ipedal lakni 
whkh nHi ihem apart Irom the big 
ck*«es-lbey tjn teil you till about 
dunmlerHtinggiime^ but Mill bWng 
a ynite lo your fece on » rainy Fri- 
day rtighl. 

And » 10 the awdrdv , In 
i!ever« order, third place goe* to 
Ikltartf ' you r f(?c;«t't ilk with me, 
m'love' ftjrctay Irom gof^HKH 
Gremlin Gfjiphio, wilti lutf lOUi U2 
Smiley from Cascade Garner com- 
iryg in a seductive second. And ihe 
covtfed Aw4/d of CSASt n «a Mt 



Girl Of The Vear go« (0 the detecl- 
Me t)MMte W^m horn US 
Gold for het dedicated devotiofi lo 
soAwwe promotion. M well as the 
fMesttgoui award. Oanidle j^sa 
gets 10 review a ^me of her own 
choice wilhin this very ttwie. 
DanteUe cfio^e Humtn K^ttg 
Mxhtne. Jum Jo p^^ J 5 fe* lu?f 
unbiased tjpinHir 




A 'Wh*t(^nl**y?- 



SCOT LOSES HANDY 
HELP 



M A ■MHrT i:»««qu«nc« (^ Donrinlc Handy 
l»vtng CMSH, a m^ MuMry Agura has suf- 
tered As US {kATt SomiWi U««gar, OnW 
■ntar'f vvholQ carMr has Men oipMlly 
taWoned by me pronKtkNuJ sMtis o( Handy, it is 
fumourM ihit me CRASH Ed lookmks poor, 
ptitiettc exouaa lor a fsUe of tr^h' irom tNs kichs 
d Scotland and kibxitlucod him to convJirters in 
me mid-t980s, Hmty could SM Iftal BaKtor had 
an iye tor Ott nwltBl wlien he got tiis fii3t stntfy 
Job «t EMt. At iessi Mr Bexter itiougm ^ wn 
Masdy. Utlla was te U> know mat Ha^ wtt 
aHwdy iQiipfHng a new c^aer f Df hi m ai Binii in^ 
I3m-tes«d USGokl. »haactQf msCafKommaid' 

tow Arts latete, 

Mhoufl^ iuffertn^ at ihe beQbiiJnQ of 1988, 
Hwdy't Ramiwvar I skius wart raaRied hi AuQu^ 




D«v»fl4Xt«f flanked by ^eilow »ohwar« 

davalofMn - Jjutt anothw i 

CtuntT 



Handy ra 



t98a when he chsisa RaMiow Arts' 77)e firGif 
Giaiu $is«i» as iKsvet ptctwe mateml tor CRASH. 
Tiw game inb& tmmedtaiefy banned iitm rtvais 
corn0lrin8d that me CRASH cowii ms 30 good it 
wotdd convince too many peopto to buy me prne 
-meconi0ljin$nt$niieci'uitfairpfomcrtiort' Bait- 
ler W3S prapeled lo slwdorn » me prodwar «f 
the ganie, wtm ciisslc qucMs Ice 'NMendo are 
getting hffi^' 

Uttlfl was me world to Icnow mat more was to 
cwne rrom tlw fiendish mind 0* Hwc^r ,. . Just 
lour momMtster, Dmu Bsctsr was propelM to 
MEGA-stardom whan Rainbiiw Ails pnxiucad 
KMto H «•> so good titi the courts had to com- 
pletely tnn fi The seed had again been sown w<tji3 
CRASH'S sister magazkw SAP*e4/AM}GA/FlSti, 
teaturifig the littOf-aa^'Up on it$ cover 

liaw wi quolaa ttt 'Mwnvr HUirig JWacAha 
will knoek your head off mS il|^ your nroet' 
come itorn me ffKMh of Baxter ii^llhoul dw geniis 
erf mni^beMnd him? Me don't know, but we woh 
boBi haivts of the promottoral duo a suoonalul 
yfar. 





DESIGNS ON THE FUTURE 

ULTIMATE TO 
BECOME LESS RARE 



ULTIMATE! PLAV THE GAME , one of the nwst succ«sftj/ arxJ 
everting software labeEi in Spectrum history, has been resurrected 
hy t^ie company behind the games: Atfiby CoanfMif ri and 

Graph! a Just over six morrihs ago ACG botjght back full right 
n^ti to tlTC label and tsegan developing games for it The first 
Spectrum reteases are due out in sfverai n>onths. and Oiere is s 
strong likelihood chat Jatman. and even Sabreman, will t:»e fea- 
tured, 

UMmate was started up by two coin-op game writers. Ttm and 
Chrb Stampar, with tfie ambitloi^ aim of bring ori^nal. arcade- 
sryie gan>es to the Spectnjm. Thetr success was phenomenal and 
from 1983 to 1986 Uftimate iived up to th«r r«me with every 
release SinasfDed. Then came the decision to selt minorny rights of 
the iaibel to US Gold and the move to the village of Twycfoss wtwre 
ACQ could concentrate on developing games for t»ie Nintendo 
under the Rarai Daclgm On Tha Futsarw latiel. Thefe were 
anxmd 15 mtlUon Ntntendos in trie worfd ttien, and no software 
piracy. Since then tfw Nintertdo market exploded into a multi-tJilfkjn 
dollar industry in the US. and Rare ate among its top games writers 
In If88 itwy invited ex-CRASH editor Rogar Kaan to their Twyc- 
fosscffkes to give CRASH the full story, Jht break with the normal 
ultra-iow rnedia profile was due to a desire to attract more program- 
mers to write for Pare, and aiso tfie Razz board - tf* heant of an 
ACG devekjped coin^p machine, 

Sack In 1 968 ACG derved they rvad any plans to write for the 
felatlvely small ST/Amiga, but this has now changed and all the 
Ultimate releases will appear first on the 1 6 tot machines, with S-bit 
conversions to follow Most of the games will be orfginal tides - no 
NimeriKJo converyortt - txn tfiere wiU also be coir)-op conversions. 
This ixeak in tradition Is due to the fact ACG wiH tie launchirtg the*- 
own coin-op games in the US this month, 

ACG rx3W employ 43 programmers and att determined to main- 
Qln tfieir unparalleted starxtards, Chris Stamper, the programmer of 
the Gfiginai hits, will t>e doing some of the programmir>g himself 
CRASH certainly looks forward to the new releases with great 
eagerness, the Ultirriate brand of mystique and sheer ptaya&lity has 
been rmssing from the Spectnjm for far txx) long. 



gERIOUS [QPOLOGY 



Ws hereby apologise pmfwndiy to Smifif Usvffv pnnttng an «iiide about the 
fww SAM Cdopl -J35t year, VVe dhtnl reaiJM Cfiattti^ hid an 'e)»^ 
tfietr F«{)ru^i 999 issue 'Exdustver. At lasiiDeiaite and pics ,uiey darned 
on IM rmntti 's front cover . SortY b say mis but CRASH first printed detMs of SAM 
in Jimnry 1 aaef Mmh a scn^r picture in l$$u& SO (March ol I seat) MM 1 31^^ 
If you lock a ys&i- to get sonneiti^rig il wouk) be Al iastf'. 

So to prim Just how sorry we ar«, we're wndirig a stack of pntes to VdOlfM 
editor Q/^mm Taylar, Wl»t's more, ttwy're on his favtufite fonrBt: iUaft STI 



8 THINGS YOU NEVER WANTED TO 
KNOW ABOUT OUR DEPARTING ED 

* Dom vrts botTL In o bonoro crate on the woy to 1^ (tocfi frutt 
shop. 

he.revies*«d ftjsh ??Je flood!! on on obocus - Mce ofophto birf 
abltrepettttve.' 

* H© hosodtX3*y gone offTWforiy, ever arK:e she song a duet wllh 
OesaCtinnor 

* H© keeps o cuddly toy tiger h fTiS Fiesta -' Rutty doe ore so riot! 
cir^ o^ cksnl clel^ thieves,' 

* D3«Tiinic*Sa^ttrnefC3vCMltephro(& fa 'Dorm that s%Prod^ 
Manager' (or words to stmiior effecO- 

* He ofy::e drrxMt Ixwght a Metro mocie out of live different oorsi 
hecoTit Hortd tie sight of Nfefrof lo the doy 

* HedaimstohawBseenevier^1lm0^«r riKKJe. exceot &Brriii$ 
for sornB siTongs reason. 

* Doni txu Q psychofic detiB 10 de^i^ dU teiepivx^es. joystf^ 
and secretctftes by ^M4lfl^g thenn and ba>glrig tiern on tiis des^ 
ahorsit.rmolT-Ed) 



INTERESTING 
MARK CASWELL 
FACTS: Number 1 

Ummm . , , we can't think of 

any. if you know ariything 
the slight est bit interesting 
about Mark we'd be glad to 
hear from you. 




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fii^ww, 9mh d)ip«e*n produc* 
nindbkmlng daiTkot. 

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iaglni and Saga Magwirini. I>#i* 
miatiiiaCiNim MuM-jqffeiaiyt acA,' 
MiviiM Mtna nol on ROM chlpa4p*r 
enmnt mamary cMpa ^ich naed 
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iniimal RAM, wftidi aumMints io ^ust 
l28K -^ and Mnia llijll'>9y iiaii i 
Kf«ana can uaa 50K wKhout anything 
tnoviiQ. TTtii unuld nani tCi ptaoa 
aavafa laavMSOfla on MuRr^^MaRi 
Qsnaik KiMB daMi to haM girt 
ammd fwn, howtvar,^ by havi^ Bw 
MMiti-5y9ta(n constantly SOC4W th« 
Nwnai. aaOK dU driva. Hoii bjc- 
eaaarftil IN* Idaa mM ba haa yat to ti« 
taan, but Konbcdo plM to ol^ nnam- 
Myupjliaoa cwlndgas ~ IT hAM cn|i 
pHoaafaR. 

Til* most ay*<catsi*ng ujnii nftO' 
vnoMf howavaf f wH ba ttw Nfda 
Mm* w ti*< ^mai awi obwhiw cohjiw 
d«^caa cm b* aBBchad to (ha OHV 
■olg ttid wl Bctualy ghd phyiicat 
faadback, to H you car go«a OMT a 
rough t>it of road Ifi* rtnrbji*ln*j 
wfl actualy judidar. Mae avalaf)!**!* 
b* I b^rtgw {wtth rwpoN w;lion), fool 
padalB, 349 gianat and an arcad*- 
acMon dM-for avound £11tL ki addi- 
tion two Muilb-Sy$toma can Im Mtad 
for two-pUryar g*fT>«|. 

Tha most erftcaf aqiact of ary naw 
Qunpuiar ofooft»>ta, h ew > a< a *. ia 
ahvtjj^aottvttr* aujppeft and btaid** 
prgdudn^ sonwar* 1}wii«al¥a8, 
Kanor anaoy nav* twartty aoftaiw 
hntttt tignad tip, hdudbg Bao' 
tmnic Arb, li$Go»d«id Qo^K. WhfA 
Hainiicliliii ta put OK aaia in Auguai 
than «i b« IS gama* a«*ltf}4*, and 
forty m premiMd (or C^vtalrnM. By 
Ih* Urn* you rtad Itii* uiftmr* prog' 
ramfn*r« wi havt «Mt i*tlti Konbt 
tedmk^r awr to ba bfMad ontli* 

mactwit't ap«4ic«tk)nt, 
^± jTebn«flyrKa(i,tli*KD<yi[IWI- 
^^ ^H^ro'OfllfvarrMEiag gn|Mctand 
sound f or Elfli, 
«ndC14Mifofliv*n Cbartrl 
arv tiftai h pnynj*** p 
etxid baiwoiytK)nk«i 111* c^ffind 
MiHoiatilitan do« i4«n 
<trMg% bul i Ihar* an tny preWams 
hop«futty Ohay lAouid b* »hi*d by th* 
launod ttali «Meh ix ah wonicing 
mofitaawaf -sii hours would b* too 
tongJAaw 








i'luUucer Ocean 
Petrol £B.98 ciss 
E14JS disk 
AutlTOf Impact Software 




HI I'm MaiUn Sh«w. and 
rm standing hara 
h]«kliHI»M(«ninolyfK 
and hMHhy wailing to 
talta you through th« many 
gnialling courses that make 
up Run Jhm QmmtlmL The 
ohalanQa la dhridad into thraa 
•vanta, aaoh made Mp otf tlwaa 
•agmentf (picited at raodCNm 
on the ^3) which can ba Road 
Racing, Water Radng or ITia 
HWaaaault oouraa** all i 
For the 
wMarboma raca thara'a 
hova c cr a f t , apaad boata. )at 
sklaa, and IrriMabla boal 
Tbaaa all tiava Ihalr own 
handling charactartottoa and 
alao thair own particular race 
course. For the muddy track 
raoaa Itwra's two-man 
b u g gt a a , ooa-man bwggt— > 
four-wheel bikes arxl 
amphibious Bljt>wh«e*ed 
vehicles. There are two 
coursaa for these machines. 
And as for the assault 
courses ... I'm afraid you 
have to use your own legs for 
the two dtfferartt toyouts. 

Four taams can ttfta part in 
tha cliailangai three of whfctt 
can t>s human white one is 
always a computer pacer. If 
more than one human is taking 
part* gama aagmants are 
rapae l a d to alow the 
additionat pteyerfs} to have m 
go «« wall. 

The watertxKiie race is 
prasantsd In ovsrtiead, 
smoothly-scroiangfasMon. It 
looks easy but the 
oharaetartettcaofthavehiclas 
B*a vncKyi ooamons wim omar 
vaMdas or land leads to spins, 
arnf there's soma attractive 
explosions to throw you off 
oouraa. Left/right controla 
diractlon and forward/reverse 
controls spaed. A map shows 
your poeMon and you 

12 CRASH March 1989 



ofawioualy must sticii to the 
eomnm. 

Similar controla and a mini- 
mop insett are carried through 
to tradt racing. However^ the 
view of tha course is 
fRckscreen and more angiad. 
The map is uaahtl to antkilpata 
bands and hito, while 
exploaiona again prova to Ilea 
nwty haord. Probably the 
moat graphlcaHy attractive 
section this is also the most 
funtoptay. 

The tougihast section, 
however, Is The HIH. Here the 
view is again overftead and 
smooth- scro4lk>g, twt totalty 
monochrom a t i c ons. The 
course Indudas muddy pHt, 
slippery logs over water, nets 
arKf «watar cannons sweeping 
over tha course to try and 
knock you over. Pra asi ng left/ 
right controls direction, flra 
and up makes you jump, wMIe 
teft/right with (Ire tncraases 



power (how fast you run). But 
if you fall In the water or mud 
you have to lime laft/rlght 
actlorts so that you establish a 
awaying rhythm to move 
forward. 

Tha variety of events, and 
tha ^«auft course In 
partloulisr. Is sutggasUva of 
Combat ScAool. in terms of 
graphics ttia new game is 
tiattar in plaoas, the race irac k 
Is raaRy good, txit the smtar 



course Is a bit primitive 
k>o«(ing. My problem wMh the 
game, thougli, lay wHhtha 
contralto which raaHy took 
some maatarfng, a^> acl a Hy 
with an tha dmsrant vahklaa. 
This may add to tha ktng term 
playabittty, but In tha Hmltad 
Uma wa had to play tha game 
it wtn fruatratino. The 
muttUoad Is siso irrftatlng 
uniaas you have a ^3. Stiti 




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lhar«'aa h«c*iu«a lot of9»** 
haf« for your monay ««w* ''"^ 

una I c»n flo ttmnmh tr»» MO* 

track without crwWnfl loo 

MARK S*% 



SHAW TO WIN 

• On the track section, ivoid 
contact with other vehicles 
»t all costs -bo patient and 
wsH for an opportunity to 
ovftrtake. 

• 8«TofO racing on th« water, 
mwnoriso the tours* from 
the map. 

• Don't play with a joyatich. 
it's loo awkward - u»a the 
k«yt>oard instead. 

• AntJcipote comara on the 
track and lake the inskSe 

;£;iiToSt t^Sd'to occur m. the midd.1* of tho track, so keep 
• wSS St^^na 1o«s on The H..., account for the water con,- 



« Also on The Hi Ii J ^ 
down. 



of timea 



i' Jofb/fce Simulatat. Then 



there'athat great 12SK mgai 



^S^^n The GBunt,^ or»e of the boat multi-e vnt 9»ni*» 
for a tOf>Q time. pmi_ 90% 



■'-or- 



aus 



Sb ifefe 



iLl I/>1/ Cap. wivw, bltnwv! 
lll\/r\H ■.th.H..C«lo)fy 
pruyj jm c>>iri<- Ut m^ 
Sp«cih^m, 'iiuH wh.K a brill 
gamfi H mnhc-- loo. AJI the 
actio<fi, thrtc^-^ md t&pills of 
con^ioMfig ifehk:lc» like j«f 
altla, aupMc^te and !tp««| 
boais tuve iK^ofi i> «c«^tA«it J v 
eaptured by Ocwun. Eiich 
fiectkm Knt. dt'i.iUod v*thic:les 
and backgiouiHi-., Mrhlle 
cotour ts reHtrutt'd to tn* 
bonlerv, NtrenrHj thu ly <> up tim 
f a malwiog colour -«hi»h fr«e. 
Aural eokwr is pf ovldetftiy tha 

epurtirif) tht- flayers* on to gel 
■ ti«(tor Hmtt, but 
unfortwifltnly thi»r» mv no 
»0«IHl«ttf»cl% Myiwlyfisi^ 
qiiibhtr, thnuiili. is Un' sr*).*l| 
m<ittf r ut ItM osplListoria, I 
thoutffit thay wt^rc i.if»ty TV 
&p«ciiit F X. [lut il y 4MI g«t MucK 
Ovrr <][te in iKo y.iiriiio it t)low? 
you b.ick N1I0 lit*- Lisl *unNm 
This ie tin nxcoHvnt tjanu'. so 
qo .♦nd ftut} Thty CtunthH. 
NOW? 

92*. 



THE ESSENTIALS 




SSitoK mainly monochromatic, ovorhaad vtew 
Sound: QOod.continWHisingame theme 

?S^Mjoto three Players, chotoeolcouritry 

S2:S".S^I-?tSK Spe^ verBkx> ol Ih.adr8nai.n 

puffipingTVaariea 





Gfaphica 
Sound 



92% 



88% 



90% 



89% 



Pteyablltty 

Addictive quo>itie« 90% 

OVERALL 90% 

CRASH March 1989 13 




WiUyou want to play thfs for 24 hours? 



PnMucer Imaeine 
Mitn(KfgaJk>n£fi.9Scan 
£f4.9S«tfc 
Mm Sentient Software, 
sound by Jonathon 



Trie 24 hour WEC Le Mans 
race is- or® o1 \h^ to^Jghest 
hi motor racing. Konami 
attempted to grue tt>e thrills, 
without 24 hour play, if* an 
impressive hydraulic cabinet 
wtilch jint (091 out to Qui flun. A 
year after the disappointing Out 
RlAiOOnv$r$k>n. Imagine hope 
ttie arcade runner-up will beel 
the srcada champion oo the 
Specfrum , , , 

As wrtt^ the arcade mactiine, 
ttie numbef of iaps Seems 
drastically reduced - lust tour 
Getling you there in style is a 
tufboctiarged engine witti high 
artd low gears - press tire to 
change up or down. Forward on 
the jdysticK accelerates, 
backwards applies the brakes 
vttaJ for tight, hairpin bends and 
edging past competitor cars. 

Eacfi lap IS divided into three 
ct^ecHpoints and you start with 
jiist 60 seconds to reach thefirsl 
checkpoint, if you reach H with 
krts of lime m hand, your time 
limrt for the next checitpoint m 
increased. Faii to reach it and 
you're out of the race. If you 










A Roaring around the famous 
L« Marr» circuit in tOpg4«r 

14 CRASH March 1969 



A iettat programmed than Out Aun, but ltt« variety 



DRIVIIiG LESSONS 

• Don't just hoM down accelftrate, when a car (ooms up 
decelerate and go in the opposH* direction to pass. 

• Always start in low geaj- arid dumge Into high, it saves time 
acceterating. 

• Try not to overstaar a« h causAS you to sliid. 

• Never dirink and drtva! fTtwM tips are setting sUfyf - Ed.) 
The intay calls it (he most gruelling and chaiienging car race 
m ihe world arKJ I definitely agree; I was sure nny wrist wfts 
going to snap on some of those comers, and 
completing each sector is really damandinQ. liVEC Le 
M«rrs ghws you a fast, roller coaster rkle aroiind a very 

plain track with Just a few 
pl<^ ftdvertlserrwnts 
«r it up. But even 
ih (lie variety is lacking, 
, t corning bach for more 
(psyctio?]. On me negattve 
aound is surprisingly 
and as the race ta sup- 
posed to be 24 hours long 
y<NJ WDuld have thought it 
would get darker- like in the 
— - ^ - gome - Iw* the Spec • 
ogrammera saem to 
looked this (at 
first 3 lapsj. »V£C 
Le Mans has noltiing paf- 
outatanding about 
_ H's a great way to let 
off steam. 

NtCK ed% 



(xash eJong the way the timer 
kindly stops until you're n'loved 
back omo ttw road, but getting 
boc^ up to speed taki^ time you 
ca^t afford to lose, 

Another tough race game, but 
much okier, is F\M Thnctlie. 
D^p4te thai game's sin'ple 
Visual ctiarms, WEC Le Mans 
beats It hands down for looKs. 
with well-defined graphics 
whining past at great speed and 
*- unlJke £ndi*ro flisCfff- no 
confusir^ overlaps, Also like fuft 
Throttle il rememtiers tt>e 
competitor cars, so you can 
catch up with those two drivers 
who caused you to crash, But 
olhefwise this is far inferior, For 
a start there's only one track 
which little resembles the map 
tayout, then there's dodgy 
coisisjon deiedion and only one 
(far too tough) skill (eve^. severely 
hrrtitirvg lastability. WECL^Mans 
IS great fun to ptay tor a while, but 
t siApact it will soon end up 
gatherir^s dust. 

MARK eO% 

11 1 1/ C I <^n't think I've got 
IVI I IVCany relatives called 
Jonathon (Dunn), so i can 
safely say his tttls tune is 
pretty dull, wtiile Ingame FX 
ere almost nonexistent Sadly, 
WEC Le Mans has got rmthine 
I haven't seen l}«fore; the fiUb 
are very effective^ but so ware 
^ndutv Aeoer's and that* s got 
much mc»re contartt Tli« 
colour da til on the sides of 
the road is protty unpleesartt, 
and as for die collision 
detection- well! I counted four 
slip-up4 (le, straight up 
so<Ti«orw«i*4's eKhaust pipel) 
In one go, and my games 
aren't remarkably Eong, 
believe me! Mine pounds 
could buy a Eot mora. 



THE ESSENTIALS 

Joyvticks: Cursor, Kempstort. 

Sinclair 

Oraphica: smooth^BcroWng 

track but general Jack of vvfaty 

in appearance 

Sound; adequate 1 28K title 

tune, but poorish in^me engine 

noises 

Ofitiona: definable kays 

Ganeral rating; technically 

competent, txit has too kttle 

game content 



Presentation 73% 



Grsphics 



70% 



Sound 



67% 



PlayaNllty 



70% 



Ad<acth»qwtttte» 65% 

OVERALL 66% 



cjgdaiKN rata £S.9d ca«» 






nd !o ffiin* how oveqoyed I 
[ was when I disco^/ered I'd 
Iwooa found-the-worid trip 
00 Trk± Of Tr&Bl The trip ot a 
Irfeiime which has lumed tnio a 
nightmare , , 

Fir^ stop was the beauliful 
Crty of Moscow There I was, 
adminng the Kremlin wtven a 
hu^e. Hussian soldier hit mo wiljfi 
hiB rifk)' Well t lA^aan't goinig to 
tisnd for that , was I? So I swiftly 
kicked hirri in th« GulAgs and 




Judfth not-very-Charming 




OtASH ' I new«f t. 4nd moil glam wout rtvitwer thi n lii thl s is ' the tMsl 9«in» ever ' 



finished him off with a flying 
ctiop ' my black bett in hsate 
sometimes com«s in usafiil! 

I twWHy moved on lo Red 
Square where I was just eating 
my pickled catJboge tii;ttie« 
when my peace was distLHtjed 
jfft again, thjs time by a vicioue 
mutt- His d<^ tag toJd me ha 
nama w^ Shepshi, but John 
NoaKeski was nowhere to be 
seen. Anyway, I thought I'd 
better give th^ dog seme 
Bart>ara Woodhouse-styie 
training. So \ kicked and 
punched hi m u ntil he respood«d 
to my down" command - 
pemianafitly- 

Mar tMtng deponed , I anivad 
in Amsterdam. Looking for a bit 
of culture, I vefitured into the 
famous red light district Here. I 
met a gorgeous young female by 
the name of Maris. This is rnore 
like it, I thought, But alas 8^ was 
mto s^ism, jumpiog around, 
trying to kick itie living daylight^ 
out of m*. 

My doubles still weren't over 
after I 'd seen off her advances, 
Biubberguts Hetga dechded to 
have her wrcked way with me. 
but 9 managed to escape to 



Barc^tona. I was relaxing at a 
local bullfigh! when, you 
guessed rt, MtgueJ iheTHsreador, 
took a disliklflQ to me . Wor^e 
still. ti is prize txin Brut us cihar^ed 
at me - he ob viotsiy liked my red 
shirt. 

By contrast. Germany 
seemed a tranquil place, until 
b«er-swilling Mans and Franz the 
glass'throwing waiter spoiied 
eveiylhing. And what better 
piace to go tor a qut«t time than 
ttw peaceful city o* Beinj(?! A 
fanatic Arab and another huge 



hulk weren't taking any 
prisorters (or hostaBM). 

So wodd t advise you to lake 
such an exhausting trip? WelL 
the scenery's really beaut ifuiarxl 
tt>6 large characters are wetl 
drawn and animated Bui 
beatmg seven bells out of tf>e 
natives does tjecom© a mite 
tiresome and repetitive. Judith 
Chalmers never has these 
problems, Wish you were here? 
Well, It's a fair old beit-'eri<Hyp 
but nothing spectacularly new. 




DANIELLE^'nT^I 

never ndrfitalty ptey computer 
garner but in ui Qotd'e case t 
ALWAYS miAe enexoefition. 
Thojf continuaRy seem to 
produce suoh technktaUy w»ii- 
progremmetf end SU^€H B L Y - 
MAAK^EO products, it's a 
surprise they havenH taken 
over the wtiole software 
industry, HKM (as we liaW It Irt 
ttu ^m6»] la on* of ttwae 
produBte IftKi }umpe out of the 
Mwemityou, ktettayou lo the 
ground and wys, 'Playlhit, or 
rit smash ytMjr face Inr •« Wm 
Just so good. Ae the '^ 
screenstiots ehow. tha 
graptitcs apeak for 
themselves - In fact with 
beck^f oundis ihia Iffetike I'm 
ftms»d you're not required to 
stKrw your pasaiwrt wtien 
purchasintg tt. Forget Roger 
th« Reneged and Bo^i the 
Barbartan^ Kwon Is THE lean, 
mean Ugh tmg machine . Oe out 

mad^lftmaml I won't regret Itl 

PS: Oon*t forget T^fptf 
Dumt . . . (that's enough - 

THE ESSENTIALS 

Joysticks: Kem^ton, S^ndair 
Graphics: detailed 
backgrounds and welt-drawn, 
iargesfxites 

Sound: usual buffing effects 
Ger>eral rattr>g: a standard, but 
attractive, txeat-'em-up. Lacking 
in onginal'ity. but still very 
addictive 



Presentation 



70% 



Graphics 



79% 



Sound 



61% 



Playabiltty 



68% 



Addictive qualitiea 73% 

OVERALL 73% 

CRASH March 1989 IS 




The President is missing! 



Produew 
I Km* lessons ajew 



\Mtha 



Ocean have cl«arty picked 
their mofnent to rolOQao 
this cotri-Opcorvorsiort, A 
year or so back th« sosneno waa 
hardly thai worryirYg, the US 
PFB8kJ«nt is kidnapped by a 
gang of N injitau and you have to 
rescue him, /tsscue Reagan'^ 
But now it'a ait changed wHh 
Dan ('nodear war is nice") 
Ouayfe set td r^piaCa Prdz 
Busti . . 

As in tha Data East original 
tf'wis are ei^ht levels (one load 
on iSflK, etght really fast 
multik^ads on 4SK machinesy. 
Probably the mo<st notabie thing 
athoul Dragon Ntn}a is the 
relative smaiir»«ss of itie main 
character graphs, half the size 
Of those in Dcnibh Dragon or 
Tsrget. RBnegaCa. This allows 
thereto be two le\*»ls. one Lif^>ef 
and ofie lower floor, through 
most of the game. Moreover the 
sniall nin^a figures and such like 
are attractively drawn , with good 
detailing and animation, whtha al I 
the standard bMt-'em-up 
moves are f^fsserved. 

Background graphics are r>o 
1«SSprofes5iOriat, albert 
monochromalic You St9H off on 
a city street, move onto tt>e top 
of huge speeding juggernauts. 



T Searching the parfc for » Push 



descend into the sewers, 
aacerid to the par^. drop down 
to soma caves, hop on top of a 
train which takes you to a factory 
where the PreskJent is, Then 
©scape from the roOf. Populating 
these levels are hordes of black 
clad NiOja, tjeautifuJ ladies to 
kno^ you deed, large ferocious 
dogs and heev%-armoured 
end^-lmel baddies. 

While batlfing though these 
levels you have to watch your 
power rmter, which can be 
boosted by picking up powec 
pods. Tou can also collect 
knives and chains, dropped by 
defeated enemies, &ut shuriken 
star^ can only be dodged: 
There's rio time to tinger 
examining your weapors 
tho4jgh, tnaie'a a tinne limit for 
each level. Oocasiohaliy, 
capsules appear which can 
reset the tirrw. or give you a 
super-pufKih. but the tinie limit 



4 Under nfnii ittack in the ^ewen 
is pretty easy anyway. 

Given the obvious 
professKHtatiarn wtth which one 
of my favourite beat-'em-ups 
has been corrverted it's a great 
disappointment thai not only 
has the two- player option been 
k>st, but so has much of ttie 
game's dlfTicutty - 1 got up to 
Level Seven on my secor>d go. 
The problem is that if you crouch 
down arvtj punch you defeat 
practically any of the enemies, 
which is coiTvpleiely unlike ttie 
coinnsp. Younger players not yet 
hardened to tieat-'em-up 
gameplay could find this fun, but 
for the rest of us this is 
something of a tragedy 




High jink$ on top of a speeding juggernaut 




QLJ II <^ nio> ftot another 
rrllLorieittal b««t-'«m-i9 
- wtiy oh why do they keef) 
producing tf>efn? But even \ 
dOfi't mind if 1h«y^f« gotaome 
orfnlnality. Unfortunately, 
Dnoon Nin/9 doeant • even 
tfw coin^op from wtiidi « Is 
derived retlea more ofi 
amadng graphics and sound 
Invteed nA Qantaplay. Ai it 
conaltta of is the endtess 
kicking end punching of 
swanntn§ nii^a. Worae stlfl, 
Uk« monf ether beat- 'em-upe, 
Itw crouch punch/kick is far 
too powerfid - Vhm enemies 
can nrely hit you ^mtian in this 
poaitk»rk So adwenolns 
ttwou^ltthe lawatoiaeplaeeaf 
cake. Even ttte larger •nd'Of - 
level beddiee de<ni preeent 
n^uch of a I 



mon o eht omtAk i yipMc a are 
not overly impreeatve, 
although ttw orientai 12SKtltta 
tiaia and beshJfig aourKj 
aflecta are ehay. But the 
ttlmphi Iw^ of dWHcultymeeni 
you're better off saving your 
caaii for /lena q ade ilL 

THE ESSENTIALS 

Joyttickai Cursor. Kempstoo. 

Sinclair 

Graphics: smallish sprites on 

monochromatic background 

Sound: good oriental 1 28K Irtte 

tune, standard Ingame baling 

effects 

Optient: deftnab^B keys 

Qeineral rating: r^o ohgirrality, or 

difficulty here, just another 

repetitive beat-'em-uo 



Presentation 


60% 


Graphics 


50% 


Sound 


69% 



Play ability 



47% 



Addictive qiialtties 42% 

OVERALL 46% 




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G&t fresh with aliens , . . 



Producer Melbaume House 

Tren<Iy blasting £7.95 cass 
Author Jason Cowl ing{Lothk»' 
rken), mustc adapted l;ry 
Tiny Wiltiams trom a 
dttty by Divld WMit- 
lakar 

LM is so strange at times. 
Ttiere I was watching 
Saturday morning TV - Gef 
Stefe or somethJog, and 
sudden^y this nnegagam^ caiEed 
X(9f)(}r} cama on. Strange name 
for a game .[thought. sounds 
like a trondy clisco (le nqt Nick's). 

So what's strange, yoo ask. 
Welt. OH'^ momefit I w^ Sitting 
□n the sofa, scoffing bears on 
toast. TIfien. t)Qfore you oogid 
say Gaz Top neecte a haircut' (or 
Wet Wet Wet v*el80'-Edj, I was 
at the controls of a jet fighter. 
The ir-tmilt radio crackled into 
We. 'You' vie been given a 
dangerous mission ' said a 
fam iiiar voice - it was Mika 
Smith! 

'Okay Smi^rty. what've I got to 
do, find out what a Production 
Manager does?' I anxiously 



UMM" 



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5^ 



-^s "^ 



enputr^. 

■ No, not quite that bad, ' 
replied Smiffy, "Vou'JI havetofly 
through four vertically-scrolling, 
alien -infested levels, ' 

Souncte fsmiiia/, I thought 

' There are many drtferen t 
types of enemy/ continued 
Smiffy, son^ in the air and 
some on Uie ground. To stioot 
(ptiund-based aliens you can 
transform your f tghter into a 
hover-ship. Bui whatever form 
you're i'n. getting htt tiy enemies 
or th»r bullets reduces your fuel 
- run out andi you're dead. Then 
there are the rsti»ifJy large aliens - 
two in each level - which must 
be shot dozens of times to be 
d^vCroyed.' 

" But if ttiis mission is so tough, 
why havB \ Onty got a poxy little 
gun?' 

' Luckiiy for you, when «3me 
aliens are shot, they leave 
behind ©ittre weapons and fuel 
capsules. Easy peasy. See you 
for ac^ink later, and ju9t one Itttie 
tip - don't try landing near any 
trees.' 

So . after saying a quick prayer 
to the PM (Production Manager), 



A Bt patient, l(««'p mQvmg and 

1 roomed over the smooth- 
scrolling landscape Welt-drawn 
alien ships darted around the 
screen, and it took a lol o1 skiii to 
reach the really large 
mottiershipSn Unfortunately, 
these took a long lime to 



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destroy, and interrupted the 
otherwise enjgfyat>le action. But 
most amazing was tfiA 128K 
sound -much better than Radio 
1 . Wtiat a great, challenging 
shoot- '^n-up. 

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single most impressive feeturs fs the exceOettt 128K sound - 
there's a really thumping tune which \wfX Intemq^ted at »ll t^ 
gunfirB FX. Graphicsare almost as impreeaivei monochromatic, 
but really welt-ct^tatled aiKf scrolltng Incredibty smoothly even 
with tots of onscreer^ actiofi an^j the aforementior»ed mass of 
muslcat magnMcwio* (phewri). All In all, a worthy buy; e ta|>* 
co«itaining sevarsf trfltion years of alien killing lun, 

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» Only use the hover- ship to destroy groups of (adybirds fo' 
extra fuel. 

• The laser is ttie most useful weapon, as it can kiH severe: 
enemies wtth one tjlast. 

• The large aliens all move in an identical pattern: down-left 
up-right, down-right, up-left. <iown, yp. 

Ther e is no doubt that Jfi»/TO/ti5 a quality product, the graphics 
are very good and the tMK tune is amazingty ctose vo the 
STs. Ga meplay isn't bad either, although the swrtchtng betw - 
een aircraft and hover- ship doesn't add that much to the 
alioot-'em'up genre. So why isn't it a Smash? The mflin prob- 
lem is the game's toughness, Level Three in particular is 
absolutely maddening, and killing ttva brg alierrs takes ages 
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THE ESSENTIALS 

Joysticks: Cursor. Kempston, 

Sinclair 

Graphics: smooth -scnslling 

shaded landscape 

SCMJiMJ: superb ingarrra 1 2fiK 

tune and some good blasting 

effects 

Options: deTinub^ keys 

QefMTAl rating: a very good 

conversion oi the popular 

Arcadia oo^-op 



Presentation 



73% 



Graphics 



83% 



Sound 



92% 



Playability 



84% 



Addictive qualities 86% 



OVERALL 84% 



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Pfoducef ifV^ 
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4m4 Starts off fln«, but 
fiiown't idevMop. Y^kj must 
GhOOS9 one of the fZAjr 
Gounvft and one ol the four 
avsjWsle ieeps {tf^e 4)i4 bit?). 
WHh your je«p awaiting, you 
must load up with varkHJS 
appiartces (winoh^, eima fuet 
lanks etc}- Pnjdem use oT cash 
ahouki help pfeserve your three 
liv«s. 

Onct MIy packed, flip tfie 
ttpfttifver to load m the cfx>san 
C0UI19. AU an) umlfOrTTily bEand 
«nd poorfy dr«wn, iMlh colour 
Iheir onfy distinguishing feature. 
Your jsep is shown jusl beyond 
your instrument panel. Beskles 
a speedomeler and rev counter 
ihere 's a damage indicator, gear 
shift and all'importam timer. 
However, limshinQ ahsad of ttie 
rest i& as impodwt m • good 
tima. 



Jual atayfnQ or the 1 rack is not 
erKMjgh, you must also dodge 
obstacles Buggy So^y-style. In 
places you ha ve to slow down to 
a sr^i s pace to gal past , but do 
this loo often and you'll finish 
la9t. Mairrtaining a respectable 
speed all loo often means 
damagie and a quick slop for 
fepairs- }f you have tho coma 
items a swift tinher under the 
tx)tinet soon so^s out ihe 
problem. i1 not then it's out with 
the stod^je^ammer for 9orT>e 
very unreliable repairs . 

iVie couraesewns to go on tor 
ever. Dodgir^ the sans 
graphics over and over again 
soon becomes tedtous. white 

THE ESSENTIALS 

Joysticks: Cursor, Kemp$ton, 

Sinclair 

Qraphics; effective undutating 

road, but iittte vanety 

8<M»Kf : lingrted mainly to simp^ 

engirve noises 

Optk>nsr c^ice of four vehicies 

and courses 

Qeneral rating' an interesting 

idea poorly executed 



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r niLEpyx'a 4x4 Oft'Romi 

timoing profnisee an 
lifter*ctirtg mLx of arcMj* tnd 
etrtftwgyoetvwarNl ufthmstely 
falto to iMtver trv aWwr fMd. 
Hm Idea of vQulppIng your 
ieep it a ffood orie, btJt can 
hardhf m«ke up for the 
dteappoinlment of ttM aiotual 
no«. On* btg irrttvtion is that 
damage has to tMK^Mna m^k>*' 
before n can be napalr^d. 8«« 
flat tyre conttnues to slow you 
down to a analTa pace until It 
eventually burst* end can tm 
repidcedl Also, I cant say I 
noticsd much difference In ttw 
performance of tfie lour Jeepe 
aiMl thtty all have an klantical 
top speed. 4x4 Pff-Aoad 
Rmcing i> a waty dtuppolrrtlng 
Epyx stimiietion. 

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OVERALL 42% 




A dwarf and a duck venture 
into a Sb^nge buik:ling 
caUed the Night House. 
Tliere'll be tons o' treasure in 
'ere ■ gays Shorty. ■ Arxj ri says in 
the bkjrb that if we find ten 
special keys, we can get to ttie 
Calculations Room, whatever 
that IS.' 

'Quackl ' agrees Ducky, So off 
they set through cobwebbed 
rooms. Ducky ftyir>g directly 
atKive Shorty's head: 'I hope 
you don't get too scared by the 
spooky things round here.' 
wanns Shorty, 'or I'll need to 
wash my heir when I gets 'ome' . 

On entering a doorway, tfie 
duo df op appear in a ominoua- 
ioohing expanse. Here, in a 
murky corridor live some of lt» 
weirdest ftying creatures Ducky 
has ever seen. 'They don't look 
tike my mates , ' he inlomis 
SJiorty . ' (Duch lOiejusthrtme- 
gerra move on will ya. Shortyl ' 

But Shorty t& about as fast as 
a tortoise on crutches, 'i teii you 
wfwi.' says Ducky. ' I'll fly on 
ahead to fook for the treasure 
chests end you can follow me 
wtien I find one. ' 

' Bui 'ow Will I know where you 






hkock. horror* Pago Three 
Manp WNillaker is really an 
alien shapechanger^ The 
appallir>glfuth tsreveakKJ not by 
the Sunday Sporl. ttul by Kent- 
based software house Anco tn 
a scnes of hand -drawn pictures 
trom their tatesl stnp>pok«r 
re^ase they show Maria's face 
covered m ugly red splotches 
while her body becornes 
increasingly bizarre -one screen 
shows her arm is contoured 
exacf/y like ttie coBSttna of Nor- 
way' 

Well, this has got to be the 
most oflensive software we've 
seen <n ages. Not only does it 
offend feminists, but gratuit- 
ously insults Maria Whirtaher 
fans, poker enthusiasts, 
unemployed graphic artists, 
anyone without a white stick and 
no doubt Mvta WliittaKer her- 
seil SorT>ething of an achieve* 
meni we think 

To t« honest the poker isn't 
too bad, although once you ve 
completed ttie gwne. after an 
hour or so. the C9 95 rnight seem 
rather tilack comedy In faci 
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«!$?' onqutres Shorty. 

'Sirrpie,' ropUes ducky, 'You 
see, tjhts splH-screen techrvique 
flNows us both to be shown at 
Hw time Vnm. And if we're 
tdjpMtier, we can even see a 
map". 

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A pretty ducky ganw? 

Oti d— r. Thf tent reaWy w iy l hh y g In the I— at bit 
iendeerlng lixiut Dynafntc Duo. If ■ boring, 
unettracthn and InKMy oanfuetrtg, due to botti poor 
invtriwtkwi* end a wvry bddhr liM «it ecr^efi dlaplvy. What** 
more, wtten yoki do work out the Irkeome oontrota the actual 
game la dlea<»poiiittngly eKaVowr - jusi run aniurKl, ehoQl tfdnoe 
«>d ^«b 1r«*ture. Tvtfo-plaiyer ^mee Are usually poiMilar Jn tfw 
Tow«r«, iHit thia we»n*t tf » protMlliy bMtl ptaytng it In one- 
player mode, flipping be twe e n the e h a f i aei aw, eo you eant 
lilaine anyona alaa for your miataltav. 

THE ESSENTIALS 

iloyatiiclts: Cursor. Kempston. Sinclair 

Qraphjica: sloppy, flabby spril^ saarcti dreary corridofs 

Sound: fetch me my heanngaid 

Of9itk>nv: one or two player?? Prob^liy best with n^n^ 

GenenI iwttng: the mo& unentartakning double act since Uttte and 

Large 



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'Pity H's sudh a crappy, boring 
game reaily. Flipping daft 
graphics an ' aH - doee my 
bottcnm really wdbbta Iw that?' 
'i'rn afraid so - ever linoe you 
went on the NK:;k RobSffe h^- 
fat diet*' quacks Duf^y, 



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Grephics 



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Sound 



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OVERALL 29% 



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» Drop your hands, 
or your trousers!! 



gid' wtMch. wnen seteded, 
painstakingly loads in anothet 
23 biGcto and guess wtiat^ The 
pietufea art exictly )he same as 
those you' ve already seein f Anco 
offends buyera yet agaj>n1 

The quality of rhe program- 
ming t$ pertiaps besl judged by 
the increditity ^ow and lertty 
scrolling of ironic messages 
across the bottom of the screen. 
Readers tempted by this dubi- 
ous retake, can thus be assured 
neither game nor gra pW c* are 
worth CI ,99, tot alone C9,95, 
even the poster is poor being an 
exact dupfccate of the tacky, but 
perfectly demuf e, cover 

STUART 24% 



THE ESSENTIALS 

Joysticks: Cursor 

(kephics: bad>y*drawn pictures of Maria (we think) in various states 

of undress 

Sounds a pathetic card shuffling noise that souncis Ifke a severecase 

oi liatulsnce - peitiaps Maria had beanz for dinner 

General rating: appalling pnece of exploitation - not ol Miss Whit- 

takef . but of anybodv gullible enough to buy such trash 

▼ Ma rid Whituker (or lo we're told) bcin^ coy 




DUII After playing th^ all 
r n I Lthe way through, and 

several tiiries being reduced 
to just my socks, I've come to 
the concluston this is a reafiy 
thrMlrtg mfaMefor all you fans 
flfatetrect art. Only about two 
of the ptotures look convinc- 
ingly human, and of them only 
one bares any resemblenceto 
Miss Whrttaker. II wouldn't be 
so t>ad tf the computer pfeyed 
a decerrt game of poker, livt 
rt's tar too *a*y to beat 
Further tackiness is added by 
Maria's corny comments 
when you win a hartd, such as 
'Your moih«r wouldnH like 
what you're doing to me't Such 
a l»cl(y licence is clearfy 
aimed at those seeking titi-lla' 
tiott. But even if you like to 
keep abnNWt of both Miss 
Whitteker's aaaets, Marto'a 
Chrisfrnas Sox turns out to tw 
lust one tiuge boob (you're 
fifwd!-Ed). 

21% 



Presentation 



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Graphics 22% 



Sound 03% 



Wayabilfty 25% 



Addictive qualities 21 % 

OVERALL 23% 



CRASH March 1989 19 



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;>vnipadiy from tlirC:RASH 
iiiiil). ihi'V ordy mtKiiird 
.ilKitit trw having a tmtid.n 
\\hiKt thr> slave a^vay «vrr 
thrir wnrd pniccisitrs, Bui 
riiniis;h nrthf wiiirrint; 
alKtut my IhjU, whrrc was 
[ . , . c»h yes. ihr Cattift 

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TiKist vui<i"<Tf-lv folk!*} The 



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flnst f>\Me, which is absolutely maddening wh«n you were at th« 
bottom of the fourth! The titJe tune isn'l fl«actty the sort of ttiing 
you put on tape and h^t^n to on the Walkmafi (well, not unless 
you've got inexphcably bad musk:a1 taste'}, but the ingame 
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• try to itay aa amsll and Ugtrt n potalMa Idid I m«fition 
Nick?!]. 

• Collect a fww ahMd wharMivor yoii «•* one. K your wMM& 
mnt out, tie vary caraful not to bump into assawlns. 

• Whewi yoif place your ammur>itk}fi dumps, mah« a sketch of 
the maze so you'tl know where you'r* going. 

• Roll ovar th« ptw* slgnft for avtra |Ki4nts^ you gat an axtr* 
life after fiOOOO poktts, 

• Whataver you do, dont ba a aqu«ra! 

tf you thought that the control on Mrua was tovgt^ wait unfiHI 
you play ftycr»cHbfe Shrinkfng SfiMrm. Stow and dtel^t>erats 
movementa ar« a must Iwcauae <tftundaririg Mindly about 
often causa* th« normally erratic bail to become wlldty anar* 
ch*c. Practice makes perfect t*»ugh, and after that great fun 
can be had trylog to complete Hw current tevel whilst keeping 
out of the reach of the asaasalns. UKe Mika, t found the 
prompt return to Ueval One after a d«ath absolutety infuriat- 
irtg, but that said, tNs a vary ch^ lenging and innovative game 
which ¥rill kaap you playing for agaa. 

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«MMV»d n wm know**, 
p l p# « mix squlllion 
Sartxi&n Mitw readers, 
"but wethinkt about 
time the eo-celled 
"truth" wa» 
discoverfrdi Hurraliltl 



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l««m haven't came up wtin a 
'sptfMng" brsinrnvt. To pui^^B 
Sanxion on Qw Spednjm f M fMQH 
the sanw ttiou^. no. by fmrrmi' 
tt s rem SmeliNt: tt» SpMHum 
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Honiicxioo Own 

"nestitno" tn tfifl 

Srltoin's so-cHM twautrtu 

is 8 small" hamlet ".Dut 

homv to Vm t)nghl«sl 

around 

Ewrypw u now that 

(XtfiHl "up 
ifTNMtOft 64 gainiK c^ivts 

J$tt ^ 

:Wiy Doc^ m 1 ^4 a ^fleiu] young 
FfrwiWi chappM/Mtto c^ainm} to t)e 
Stavros Fisoulas. caime up wiOi a 
game caNed Sanxlon. wd what a 
gune it was "6«st staot 'em up 
MianM iott crl people ana 
lmme(M8ly "poppei}" out to Hiair 
local software stockist and bougm 
of copte U>tjng tt to tne 
one 'slot" tnilMscliarts 
there ft staym} lof 83 years" " 
An) swtpe me. it itie Thaiajnm 



on n uu 



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is a stwvdng iKMlmUily icroilng 
stwot eiTt up extravafianzB witri 
ttie alien baltes v^owred f rorr Dm 
tide ftfld Irwn overtHad" Cooo- 
er< M Is there fM) end to ttus games 
7 Mope?'' 

after levd of crated tKens 
down onto future EarUi's v 
su1a»sp(t!lng laser deatn.ld(0 f 
alSflns do when Itiey get a tit vexed. 
Sarodon k8 one o( ihem technical 
V trvtngs caNed "muWICkads" Miic»i 
t inoam it's gomg to be tab' 

And wrth music tool M Ongin^ 
composed by ttie ti^ poprier Serge 
PtnkrififM I'u ;iflr^<i)Tf nrio type win 

sDest 

In' lact ,SanxkM:0M 
Spactium ramtx tiai created sucfi 
a lYulWsaiioo m trie Sp«clrum 
software scene inat tis txwnd to 
ht an atMoliM rtot!f!t 

So there you tiave K listeners 
SaiudOA: 0M Spactnim nmix on 
cassette 71 a measly r? 99andon 
•3 dishetlB at £1199. And that's 
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• CrlfMsin Who ere 
tiiese tMPO young 
"trMMlles?" And 
how s'wanky they took In 

their Thalamus T-shin 
get uptfU Now you Celt 
havfl the samo 
"CTfid'MHt Just send ■ 
cheque or p9«tel (ini^ 
fitr ES.50 mede peyebta 
to TTialamus Ltd to: 
Thalamus 'T' shirt Offer. 
Thalamus. i SaiiimJHk»usB. 
Calleva Perk, AtdBirnaston, 
Borkshirs RG7 4QW. And 
waddeyouknow t feb 
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T-shirt (XXL) will b« wtth 
you before you can aay 
"Bob'* your ynctel". 
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••PERSONAL FILE ••• 
Dr f^/lanfred V Flypaper 




Whait a erAzy 
nian Thalaiwiu** 
S|>ee« "«xp«rt** 
Dr Manfr«ci 
really la. H«'« 
tha afi* wfho 
studiaa all 
Thalamus" 
gamwe mnti finds 
tHa "r««l** 
etorl«s li«t*rnd 
themft 

FULL NAIMBi Doctor 

.! V Flypaper. Vol 
does ze "V" stand for? 
Nothzink veally, it's just 
zbX vhen z© vtear asked 
my fazer vot mine nam© 
was to be at ze 
Chf Isioning he zaid ' ' Dr 
Manfred ' ' zen hie flk^ked 
two of hia Tinger^ at Aunt 
Gertrude and zen said 

Flypaper '!! tt just zort of 
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ASOUT OPERATIOM 
SANXIONT Vt^ry yood 
quevstjon mirve host. Ah 
veil. Operation Sanxioo 
happens tn ze future vhen 
a load of oki aliens get 
raztherupzet tfiai things 
on Earth are all "tickity 
boo' ' so dackte to shoot 
2Q IMng daylights out of 
evertxxty!' SanxJom the 
Opautsum remix <s just 
a simulation of future 
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Samara pii* I ale tasi month. Ha, serves nu* rt|^kt, 
y«u'r«* (hjnkiitjj. After alt. what dots a fotity-^mad 
sh«ep farmer kni*w ahoui adveniure gamc-K anyway? 
Writ, a bit more ihan my ecceniric Egyptiiift pre- 
dere^sor - liow can any *tane perisan viiliinturily cal 
shpvp's eyes?! 

So tea vinf; my foolbatl and Hock behind, 1 shal t ven- 
lijrr iniii diirk vsurldn whrr*" t'vfii n»y sheep fear to tf 
^r.i/c. J his month I've !tlepped intulheMhoesuf^uchl 
di vtTM' t'haraclers as an aecidenl-prone gnome and a 1 
m(»nk wh(t wiine<><iCH sume X-raicd ^ing!«-un in the 
Dark Af^es. Ifniit next monih, earry on reaching for 
y(>ur goal*!, hut always keep your sheep on ilie 
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Mar. ItigTid fti>M<>inlivt«. a (^cw <<f 

'ifiinr hrr (Alkn f^vc brr ^ tw»-wvy 
irlrjjari witill in ihf fijtjie hopr rtf 
lojtmq hrr. 

Iptin hrr neiuin ti hi- 

prnitr i^iuinir i> viniL < . ^ hrr 
bmtly mdjirrticiitni .it^itin-iiul lii 
mrniiun auctnpfcd murdrr. 
L.-itfortun^lH^ few J'^p^r 

Quickhurli '. ' ' 'inir 

oppnnrni iKtinptartMotieaftirul- 
Itrhrr viILite i<i aj ut nutlic ronTn 
(fjrsi>nif tujipir \un^t\\ {A llMni^' 

(iiL- ■ '-f wjs one!) 

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wparjitftv-inaffitt D«TUuni>. En ihe 
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^il< i^ii d |.K-liit<in III Liti>rk 

^ljli.. .. i. 2 {>lanivrri rvlciKjri 
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Icxn i|» ihr sprcjal rtMD irummaijiJ 
C4«n br iiard, Ingrid tht'n uk^ ihr 
5h*ir(i*'tr roulf (o ihi- t-i-- 't 
<°hsrji<1cr. Tins i* jusi .1 
liie •! ■' indcjK-iiiJfjiUv 

movci: ■■» ttJuiiitTi'sitlc Bill 

Kcuiiift lainr ui tiirm 10 iJniir thf 
priitiati k a iinlr morr difTicuit. 
Itiiftid'^ Mrinrlrnjill-oiyning l"ridc 
' i» ttnpirioui 

fiiitll 1 hrn ihrrc arf Quirkhut k'& 
minions, vhn, iTofTfrpd ihc pcii- 
non^Mill sit^iiliy nxmesiilir Mir- 
kry Mna*'" hclrsi rtpfri- 

rnrrd;Kl\)'i l'u>ulHii't liikc 

u<^t ItJitK 10 hnuH ihi- pt'iiiittn. 

S<^t'(iun fwa is raN<>4 The 
SifiimPttlltx - *ft iTiuch. Fn* ihr 
l>ii%ver ill peiitt 'r-n. 

loihl Arc JLIII l-i ^ KJJvr 

Mhm ji Urangr tound luttdmK 
rfupl!! fvatn nrartfV. Is u thfchuj^' 
giii.K ^n<i %pluiim(ij((>rd ^ctamrol' 
Icr t^iriK driven tu^tdnts (ht Bot- 
taiTil0^'<i' fiirni by Sila* CrEwky, 
u>ntorQgickbudi''t unscrupuloui 
prtiployce* 

'Sfim i( il **4» my h'Hwe ihat y*» 
.ihcMil to br fljiilrnt;^, I'd |u*l sel 
itiv prt ton, MF on tkrm- 
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linint of Ihf ttcunirolkr. Tj\i* 
drlayt ihe dntrvtiion nf ihr farm 
- not Ix^causp Silas n warricd 
About hurfini; ^nyanr, hut 
bvctnov ihr alrniAmllcr mii^hl ^rl 
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lUhsUniiiiXgnurilr' MoMrvrr, tlii^ 

i* only a lemporary lolution; ihe 
prrtriAnrnt one rrquiraii tot more 
ttKH^^hi ATid puxxle^iolving. Pul 
ibrw- h cquMK (tilficyh uid 
invulvH ttilil ITS ling Quickbuck'i 
cntnor disguncd u i nuiid. 

Juxi « in Cnomt R^ig*f. rvtry 
tittjjiiion ill ihr ^tMl U laced 
Mt'ilh i rh:iractcrtitic ivpp or 
bumoiir wKicii, depctiding chi 
Uisi^} wil) dlher have you &pli[tiiig 
your sides or scralchin^g your b<:jid 
in bewildeTnciii, To be bonesi I 
didn't much like thccnntiniuiiue 
of 'gn' insictid of 'n', pdnicularfy 
u y^u Ka%Y to fp^ input! that 
wty Si irt'sll ir» not lOci mucti to 
pnl up with though, and ih^rc arr 
tome brilliantly^funny .tcrnes, 
ftich ai whcrr a imvciling 
lolffgntHnc b nulsinf ii frcbte 
attempt it playing daru. Somr of 
ibe toltxtium .^J»(> reqttirc UteraJ, 
whimskjil iti inking, io (he 
humpUT »n't wholly superficiiiJ, 

titieraciitii) with ciiaraaeri i* 
lAainly limited lb onlrriii|{ iKrm 
irttynd, eg ciSoAH, UV tmuvn. Bul 
a |;Dfid atmotphftv ia crralcd by 



vanoui ^omes and trolU you 
fticrt. Tbr typirally-rdrncd Ijrvtl 
^t pmrr undrnlands virtUiiilly all 
M^niiblr Jnpui ami includt^i ihc 
useful cciiminj,nd^ co to a locs- 
cicn, Fnu,OVW a cbar4icict, and on 
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ThBtripkfwmitl : -^-S. Amstr^d 
CFC:: and PCWj duk aUo ooniains 
about thirty black and white pic* 
tairs nn the B-»idi>. As in t.aitrfht, 
ihr lizc ol (hr piciurr ntay br 
altrrfd by ^iriilliiii; it Up t<> 
incrcjft ihe tl/r r>r ihr tmi win- 
dow bf Idw, 

Littrfrd i*)[h puni, /ngttd'i 
Boik! is A fine ^vi-nturc as well a» 
a fyntty on<-, and shuutd proviclf 
wFlcamc bgbi relief fur we^ty 
advrnturm. Indeed, \jcvt\ 9 arp 
Ml sure of Iter continuHl intpiUr- 
ily ib;it ^nnihrt Jngrid Kamr ii 
planned fbrrelcas.r in May, titled 



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For tboK of you who think 
iKhI a hettnit i» a ganifly 
grrrri frog in kivc with Miis 
''■iWy' ymi'rr obviously very 
itujiidl A ivermit is ^i tually tome- 
ofif ta, bgdecidt'a tij live in solitude 
And hit abode ii thus nni a Mup- 
p»i 'I1nmr« but KHTK' thing HdUlcd 
a hcnnifagr'- 

In ihiii iiMincf^rcjwit, fAiVni 
idvf mure, yfiu 4 re a nionk namrd 
Ajtnb<aK> livinii in the Dark Agc>. 
He'i (Ken putting hii rert up in 
the local monastery for tlic ta>i 
A cui^iy life 
• 111 juit reecriily 
- and ralber beiatedty - the 
ArrhbiiJuip hai decided he iboutd 
actualEy do jomc work, A ptJgrim- 



^^e hu been imgge ictrd , ai ^ ' 
irOtnr d**d ^'am pUce likt. 
or Liiurdi^. Intlead, Ainbmae ii 
to loddle up la the local mfntn- 
tains and tnuttter this old hermii 
Not vrry Chriiiiiflf^ you -(night 
think, bul In r^iE during (hr l^tlt 
Ai^rs the Church was ir^illy intut 
that icirt of thing, what with bunt' 
tnti; pmplr at the «take, boilijig 
(hem in oil and diiDHning old 
womerii in rivers, it was virtually 
tbr peak of rcligioui aciivity in 
t^urope. And * Md coiM«juente 
of all ihkt was that the dead 
peoples' pmp+rn had mi-titic to 
iouk after it, fori, mi; the Church [o 
takr it over , . . 

AccordLing: lo the Archbiahop, 
the hern-bii muit ly killed brcaUK 
he'i ati in(.im.itii)n o( out fiid 
frieiKl Beei.febiib. In all pr'>l»btt> 
ily he probably juat holds a l«w 
Mi-ild pariifK now and again, ici 
brejik the tedium. But still, 



Aml>rr.*>- i» far fitSn keen on this 
pill idea. Anyway, he>»et» 

ofl vtich iiu pcosetsiom and App*- 
tfMiy ueATing tbithini; - obvi- 
nualy j had Habit to get inio 
(groan - ¥A}. Thia is where the 
gam; begins and tt'i a good idea 
to twirUv reium to the monastry 
for tome objects to help you on 
your quest. UnforiunatcJy, during 
your brief absence the mionastry 
has brrn r.ifiiacked Miti the 
,-\rrhlii»hup killed pArn iiniir*- 



have i«i out to thoci and, 
although ihf tc'i nu bad lanKU^R^* 
presrniH (hi* is wJlal they dshirve. 
The ihitiit value dt: riven mainly 
from ihe advrTiturc letting, how- 
ever, tihcrc !s only a lew uulrageotu 
sKn«, none ur^vhich could pro> 
vidf much ctHnpetilion for a ^jpi- 
r.if Hammer horror film on T*'. 
And juit like thrive feeble bofTOf 
movica the plol in ihia advcntuit' 
it weak, consiiting of a botch- 
|j«iii h iif uncofinected pbcn and 




spine-cJtillini, all the dead budies 
ha\ie been drj,ined qfblood. 

Afier g^ihrrm^ 3 few ihinj^f it'f 
out »f that as bsl a^ pctuible, 
even if ih<' only f<i4d takes you 
toward ihe moun[,,«ini. First stop 
h a siranfe villojie where the vtifla- 
gen arc tying young wameit in 
tuiv f Melts and setting them 
aligjiu, vkhile iropulitioin h goin^ 
on in tiie itrret (jwh divot tier Acid 
Hatuc party ^^c^ndaJ!}, Bring a 

<.Hin>lv Vr>ot l■^rr^^^^ iC'tir rf' fr**- 



idra$ which dun't i;cl together 
Deprived of any kind vl eftftiivf 
mystical atmotptifre the 'jhock- 
it]|t' vcetMS arc simply amtisit^, 

f^ the technical &idr the gamr 
14 rnwli belter with useful vex ab 
aiHl FtOOM carnmands. The +3- 
vetrsiun features iome esedJenl, 
and romplriely innocuoiu colour 
piityreSi loaded in when they're 
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'humorouji advpniurr, Ttather 




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wornari if yuit w^nt lu prugrcu tn 
the ^ame. 

Oner you've escaped from the 
vtll^i^r yuu «DDn cdrtlr bcfdu a 
small hut whi<h deserves investi- 
f>aiiun, 1 i»ide is another beautiful 
Udy, sprawled acns<i the iwd ^nd 
obvioMiily in need uf spiritual gui- 
dance frtim you. Fur dierrnore, she 
wants you to kiss her {ihii 
.AinbriHe chappie must be the 
moiusieriiil .rnorRithard 

Gct*), bui : I lately she ha* 

a leltih fctr draining the bluod 
from her k>\rr»I 

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HupcluUy these tiE.liiiK.il tal 
mti will be put to use jji J better i 
advent uie next time as Tht Ihnttih 
9gr wastes them, 'S^hock' scenes 
cannot compenuie for a feeble 
ptot, and with only a lewprobienlA 
needing in be solved toeompkir it 
lhi$ is a disappointmrnl 

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from Pi^asut Developments 
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\Sigti\tttmp} itltirru uilh a trn^ttiut,tftdwtli continue 
in a ngidar jtttturt o/tht Adttn^rt TvU. 

RD OF THE RINGS 

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tht huz* m^ntionfd t» my tttmi 
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ORRUPTION 

ouily IJM tcnipuloui i& he able to ihiftk for- 
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' Y«ars may come and years may go, but the coming 
of spring rdmainoth slow' - yes, you guessed it, 
grandma's definitive word on wfiy it's usually so 
cold right into March and ApriH 

Well, 1 dion't know about you, but we've certainly 
had a warm few months hear at the Towers (apart 
from a cold snap the other day , . . and the day 
before . . . and the day before . . . )- And my Forum 
postbox has been sizxMng hot, too, what with the 
Curious Case of the CRASH Covermounts adding to 
the usual array of controversy^ complaint and car- 
tooning. 

But first things first; this month's £30 software 
prize go«s to a fanzine fellow who's produced a 
littie booklet of all-time greats vt^ich I enjoyed as 
much as CRASH'S (welJ, almost ...)... 



THE GREATS 




Dettriloyd 

Clin I |U9t wkt my hmo pwwi'odhs tQ^mragtng (^eljate over ORASlH'a 

ali-tinme greats? 

About May 1 988 the ChJc Compuler Ctub puWlShed a fanzine/ 
booklet erirtled The Spectfum Software Coliector's Guide - which 
13 in skniMr Style to your »ijppiem«n1, and ^ught to assemble the 
very best titles released on th© Spectrum throughout the years. 

We obviDusty faced a simiifiir probleni to you as io how to define 
the best garries ouit ot the v»t choice availabta to Spectrum-owner&. 

One of ouf altertistlves wvs tbe one which you s^em to rtave 
8flled»d - Simply to let an acknowledged Spectrum 'oKpeft' of two 
aatect those titles which in lf>mr opinion were the 't>est'. 

Whet we tried to do was to temper our ooinions with some liard 
facts - namely the talee end popularity charts for Spectmrn games 
thfoughoul the years. We then comtnned these with review ratings 
and audience leedback (eg year-end awards}, and carr^ up with a 
set of games which la based more on hard fact than specuiatk^. 

rm sure you could do better tfian us if you put your collective 
minds to it, but for the moment l really feel that our list of gamis hs 
Cteser to a ciefinitive list of ail -time greats than Ihe CRASH one. It 
indudfts Pyjamarama, Sfiadowfi/e, Mantc Wrner . w»d V>e Hobbtt, 
which by our calculations came out as the longest- run nirvg Number 
One of them aiP How could you not select it? Ttwre has .never ever 
ever been a game which caused such an immense reaction among 
Spectrum -owrwrs for so long! 

So if any of your readers are interested in a rriore factuai seiection 
of all -lime classes, of a top down MerrKiry Lan«, the Spectrum 
Software Coliector's Guide is available from: Chic Computer Club^ 
28 Cfjss Gfove. ChsifofytSt Pster. GerrantoCTOSS. Buckin^tamshire 
SL9 9H0 The normal price is El -99 and we'll even Knock 50p Off f Or 
CRASH readers m a fit of generosity! 
Steve Wmt^, G»rerct$ Croes. Buc^tnghamsNca 

\ have one semantic quibbis wHti your potitta, Steve - thOugfl as 
I mentior) above, your Spectrum Software Collector s Guide ta a 
pfvtty cofnpreti«nslvfl lict of 104 greats. 



The problem is that you're iatking about being ' deHnitive' , end 
we've all said in Forum hundreds of timei If ft we've said it once 
thai greatness in games, or anything, is a matter of p^rtofiai 
tastB. ft just happens that some games have so mucfi for 
everyone that they rneet everyone's personal tastel 

Using the sahss figures and rfraders' votes is a good idee, 
which perhaps CRASH could incon^orate next time H doe« a 
similar project. But it still doesn't solve the problem - if I happen 
to betieve that Piranha's Flunky was the best thing since sticed 
bread (I don'tl), does the fact that if • not In your liat make it any 
less great' for me? 

Ah well, philosophical folk always tie ttwmaalves in knots, 
grandma says. So J'd urge readers to make up their owm minds 
by getting hotd of the Chic Computer Club's publication rf tlrey 
can - If s nicely designed anO pecked v^h pictures, though of 
courca they'rv all black-and-white and the reproduction is a 
Jittie gloomy. fThey'll have me writing Fanzine File rkext!) 

Af so , at the end there *a a quiz - one question about each of the 
104 greats - in wtiich you can earn a certificate by preying ail tfie 
games. 

For Information about Steve's club, send an SAE to ttta 
address he givaa. 

LM 



DIAL C FOR CRASH 



DsarUoyd 

VWly tlie telephone com petition - wha\ happens to people who dor 't 
have phones? The price of CRASH is surely enough without having 
to pay to enter competitions - please revert back to tfw comps-on- 



CRASH IWarch 1989 31 



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oomps-on-Uw- |>ag« format. Th* 
pjhone ayHtom is fine f or 1 i ps and 
twt for competitions - 

Contimjing on the competition 
Hnt. wfierQ «ne the results (rpm 
tiTe Chrisimas edition? 

Yet anothef complaJnt comes 
through ttie new charts. If you're 
going lo change tham^ wtty not 
include the Gallup charts, as 
Ihty m«i^ far more than ttvo Cur- 
rant OfWS? 

M«c/tM/ JamAS Brown, 
DwfSbury, West YorMhkm 



And I thought I W99 the onty 
pwson in drildhi wllhout a 
pl>(H<w ... I Bgrae ttwt If a not 
vwy Aasy for the untataphcMllc 
to enter ttte Hotline comp, but 
we certeMy heveit't given up 
on ordtnarv competKiont 
■Hhw, Look at K «s ■ phone 
comp gained rather then a 
printed oomp kwtl 

Aa for the charts, l agrae 
(again) that CRASH'a ■yatam 
la not aa adentlfk; a« GaMup'a. 
Howsvflf , thflf a era problema 
wttti printing Gallup chert* too 
- moat nfvtabilv the time (May. 
By the time Geiiup had com- 
pUad it artd aafrt It to in and 
we'd printed it, the chart 
would alr«aify be w*il out of 
date. 

LjM 



TWO, FOUR, SIX, 

EIGHT, WHAT DON'T 
I APPRECIATE... 



OatrUpyd 

HeNol And welconte to the Letgh 
Loveday Humble Opinions and 
Trivial Complaints Depart men! . 
A liii of the sanw follows; 

1 ) VWiy was the Chrigtmas Spec- 
ial out on November Uvvhenit 
GOuld have been OMt on 
Decembef 15? 

2) Why. in the Christmas Special 
with 90 many extra pages, was 
Jetman still only given one page 
(aibeit In ookHJi^ ftnd th>B Forum 
only three pages? 

3) I am getting ejurte imtaled with 
the mislead tng review index 
(page numbers sometimes 
wrtyig} and omissiorw of Hoi 
Stxjf games (eg in the aforemen* 
tiooed Chnzzy SpecLOl. Hoi 
Shots were aJaovedO%, but ^x 
got 62 %- no sign or it in the Hot 
ShotiiXlex). 

4) I, (wxl moei of my friends) 
^ree with Nick about Red Owad 
(talk atiout trivial !|, 

5} What's the sitmy thing in the 
page margui called (if anything}? 

32 CRASH March 19S9 



61 Why don't you review all 
tHidget games? 
7) Coukj you please Seiiotape 
your cover cttaMiee on ler^- 
ways, bacayMviitiin f iry topti^ 
theSeitotape off. it pulls the c^- 
sette tape out with it therefore 
ruining my demos. 
^ Is there ariy rsiason for the 
rooenl lack ol software? {Only 1 6 
reviews in Chrizzy Speciall Even 
less previouslyl!) 
9} I do bel leve that C RASH is get- 
ting smaiJer. Not ih inner, but 
smaJ4er in. content (le the reviews 
are getting ic>o sJnort, etc), 
10] Ahal A charll My favourtie 
126K music . . . 

iir &ontc Cpmmgndo 

♦ Thund&fcats 

*flotJoCop 

Right, that seems to be it. Pack 
up lads, we're off omefor tea (oh 
d^, this letter was senous up 
lo there.) Oh. and please don't 



give me a short answer. Plesse? 

L^f} Loveday, West GfamoT' 

gm 

PS Anlidis^ta&lishmen- 

tarianism (Lf^LWD?) 

Dear mo, you sound Nha 
grandma complaining wtwn I 
happen to pick up the wrong 
kirid of Chelsea bunt in town 
for her.. . 

f ) tltey saiy Chrfstmaa la get- 



t^ ■■rtier every year, but the 
real raeaon the Chrietmes 
Spectal cam« out in NoveiTibar 
Is that monthly megaxinea 
appearing In December suffer 
(^rite a lot of problems . 

Many newaagente were 
cJoeed for several deya at a 
stretch last year, wtiat wHh 
Chriatmaa Day f si ting on a 
Sunday and evervt>ody taking 
waekdaya off Instead, which 
slows down tolei. Also. 






•veryofra's so busy ttutUng 
thwnsAtvfts th«ry «om«tim«s 
fOf g«t to buy CRASH (difficult 
ss It ii to belivv*). So. w« Wt 
that II ws wsra go^ng to put a 
lot of worh 'nto a Ctiiistma« 
Sp*c ial, we might Bs wall g«t it 
out earty 90 it had a good 
month on th« slletvcm! 

2) T>wft are always hmtt^j<mt 
on spdcs (which is why Ed 
Dom lik»» thoM or«'Word 
Mwwors . . ) - that should 
iAiwar qu»atlon i, too. 

3) TTwre is i>o exctne for the 
VfTors in th4 review in<tex, as 
w w«ll know, but MHtwtim«« 
iMt-minuta changes ar« mad« 
to th« ordOf of th« r«¥f*ws 
■ftar th« indvx Nia b««n typ«- 
sot, amJ there lent time to cor> 
tmA ^ As for Hot $l>ot prot»' 
lems - mayba (I don't know 
myaalf) the gaina wa* onif 
reviewed very close to the 
megA£ina*s completion. 

4) What Is Red Dwarf? 
Q^TtW 'slimy tiling' has 
recently been christened 
Leigh. 

0) We review most good 
budget gafTHn, but the 
reMontng Is that most people 
cvn afford to gamble two or 
three pounds on a game being 
Qood, whereas they don't 
want todskClOorsoonafuil- 
prtce game. Also, many 
Widget giSmes are pretty pre- 
dictable in content ■ . ■ Any^ 
waiy, Ed Dom infonns me that 
a new budget section. Budget 
Bureau, tvss just started on 
page . . . umm ... 86 {1 think}. 
Wtry not take a look end send 
me you views? 



7(7t>e ,^,„;;oi. wouldn't be 
so securely held; think about 

B) Leas la mor*, m a famous 
architect once said (actualty, I 
shoufdn't Nit Oom hear that, or 
he'll be tellln<a me ail the 
time ...I Seriousiy, i think the 
answer is that moat software 
houses are more concerned 
al>out quaJtty than quantity 
now. 

LM 
PS Trii<odottiyron|ne 



EH EH 
EH? 



Dear Lloyd 

ts your granny a litlJe stiffy?!? 

(Ooer. sourKJs kmky) 

lathe reason she won't tell you 
the meaning of life because she 
is in a. lead coffin six foot 
urtder?!? If so, ere yoM telepathic 
and is thai t>ow you contact 
her^? 

J;ayst3rf 'kOot 'Snipe, King's Nor- 
ton, Bifmtngh^n 

PS Do you still wear women's 
LirKterwear? And as you've prob- 
ably noticed, Tm midll! 

PPS Yoiif mag fs dead good. 

No, no, no, I iMver dki, 1 tttd, I 
know. 

LM 



THE PRICE IS RIGHT 
AFTER ALL 



Dear Lloyd 

In reply to Paul Clements's lener in Issue 5& of CRASH, I think ttwi 
tfie price of games is very reasonable. Very tew games are pncod 
over C10, and most are worth il: who woukin't pay C15 for DnWstr? 



Also, has he never heard 0I mail order? CRASH'S own is one of ttw 
best and most reiiabie around. 

Most ot my fnends got £lO or more ever/ week, I myself get £1 S a 
week: therefore if Paul gets only £7 a month, a smtall prtca rise would 
seem catusirophic, 

A ^ime that costs E8. H&a<i Ovm H&&ls. gave me 250 hours of 
enjoyment. This worits oul to 3.2p per hour, pretty damn ct>eapt 

At the (*C Show, I bought an Amiga A500, lam very impfessedwftti 
such games as Star00m tK CAiri^ Ccnvnand. and Rocket Ranger, 
but in the last vrask 1 {Mayed »jch games as Head Over Heeis and 
Rampage on my 3ipe^rum and didn't touch my Amiga for over frve 
daysl 

Great mag. Viva CRASH. 
SifTx^ Brown. Ports/nouth, Hwnpsfiire 

As you imply, 'expenshM' n>Aana different things to dMerant 
people - and it you get eight times as. much pocket money is 
Paul, obviously games don't seem so hard on (he wailet to you. 
There's no argument, reatly, la thara? 



GET MY DRIFT, 
SLOWLY? 



D&afUayd 

There have been many complaints that recent games are not original 
enough, So to counter this, my father's game Contirwntai Drrtt is 
about to hit the maritet. Well, mayt>© , . . 

The ktoa is that you are tf>e captain of a large continenf, 
Gondwerwiend. You must split it sccuratelv into the modem-dvy 
continents of Africa , I ndia . South Amenca, Antarctica and Austalta. 

This has all the makings of an exciting real-tinne game - you hiave 
2, GOO million years to complete it. And I'm sure tf^ f^ick will be very 
disappointed to know that there will be no need for an Infinite-ijves 
POKE (althoucih extra time may be needed)! 
Tom Price, De^/on 

The gr^iMGe are rather sfow-moving, the aprftes are very large 
arkd rather Jagged, and it takes some time to get into the game. 
DaflNtofy or«e for map nuniaoa. 



Wed, Vm off hofn* to g©f th« fir» aHghd befort 
grandma starts finding lault with the younger gener- 
ation {that's me, beilevo 11 or not . . . }. Many of the 
letters lined up for ttiis month didn't get in, so I'm 
holding a few over for next time . . . and also I 
apologise to everyone whose letters were dramati- 
cally ed Ited ! Certa i n ed ito rs hand o ut fuiges like they 
were old mtsers distributing tanners . , . 

Anyway, keep them coming; the moans and 
groans, smart talk and serious talk, and even ten- 
ners If you like. Don't forget that there^s a £30 soft- 
ware prize for the best letter chosen each month, as 
long as it's sent to; 

LLOVD MANGRAM'S FORUM 
CRASH TOWERS 
POBOX10 
LUDLOW 

SHROPSHIRE SYa 1DB 



And finally, remember to write 'personat attention 
of Mr Mangram' on the envelope, so they get 
through the Towers' postal system unscathed. See 
you here in a few weeks' time. 

CRASH March 1989 33 



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prOMttr, gqpha vid mt toyoi^i dKigi^r 
a« 'fi one lAd bj|«i«d: V due "WMh a^-^'-; 
1101*1 you n p>sy i^ Bnam" Yoqr Sneiai' 






liUJiiJjmjMHiJ. 



fr SAT F^^p iT«rj-rir- rirf.i-i|-. o' Mv"T furyrKhr 



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HSTOaCP 
WT !»( UK Tl 



«»«» }«i im to amnnnn 




STICK 




IT! 



Forget Star Wsrs, this ts a series destjrved to reaUy run. (r> fssuc 
60 our Joystrck update promised sequefs as 50on a& we 
received more sticks. Witli blisters still r>ot healed trorrt that 
fcatune, Mark and Ptiif retom to Hie joystick frontline . . . 



I STAA FIGHTER 

Cheetah li^.9S 
PHU. 'ProDabtyTh«>5est joystick 
in the wofid' b Cheetah's boM 
dakm for this positivefy huge stick. 
The rrumive moutded han^e pro- 
videi a comlbrtatste ghp. whil« the 
equally large base M^ sudcersj 
al(& stabH^ - great for ut>ie-top 
pigy. useless for hand-held. Four 
fift bunofB 3« irkCfyp'oraTed. 
along witti {r»e npovw-iyp^cai 
autoflre opcron ^n extra O-pkjg 
anovvs the star Rghcer to Be con- 
nectedro +2i'+35. 

Ttie stick h^ a one year guar<an- 
ice, and eight mkroswttches 
nuke Ifm stklr faitrty rAporoive. 
Urttortunatefy tt has a very olt- 
putt^ loose fed wNch makes It 
unsuitibie for games requiring 
precise nx3veif»ents, 



MARK ttiii Urge itkh ttj 
ttw right fix* for my thowf^ 
iU«d JUandi, but most 
p««f»l« sl»04il<l dafltiltcly 
giva It • try twforc tH^ylr^. 
£1 1»4^ t^ll• thumb aftd 
fof Cfln^arftrc buttoni i**!*! 
w«M pl«c«d, &m f*«l l90M. 
Tf>* ctlck Itiaif tccmi iIacIi, 
aKbough, itrangftly th« 
diagonatt ara quita mmxy. 
IHtifinq CUttny Tr>Qmpton'$ 



MiCltOBlASTER 



Micfmw«tciw^'<^.i^^etne 




r,cul uie 






and my P*:*'"' 



,, ine Doncn 






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difficult, gtvan tha Jangtti of 
stlcii trawl « and vema t«rrt- 
bla 9ratlng lourHli war* 
producad. 

Readan wanting an a jrdt- 
|n9-to«klnf mek to play 
■low-moving flight (lira/ 
tpace games eould eqjoy 
this p^c^uct, but Hi a qua*' 
tlofftabia hof t&f most. 

Rating: ifi^i 



SUPER PROFESSfONAL 



PHU. AnotheftwifhATdiedjo^. 
t<K thii time v^nih trendy yellow 
trim Jnwde <» meta* shaft and 
™:rosw,tci,rt ensure good duta 1 
birrly. gudMriteed fof 1 2 months 
WM<H Hike &«t jbout ihii ««- k 
Afr itj grained rut«>ef fepj .,nd 

handirwhichpfov»deane«e«ent 
g"P WhattdoniMkerwne 
sltghiiy loose feel of the frre ijut- 

thrs ctoes hrtp harxJ -held use 
sadly the autofir e vwfi not wojh 
vwth k2 o, . 3 machines {MimM\ 
With a standard interfaf e Ihi^ « 



tJJaster, for less perfwnwnce 



Zlpitlh \ooki as fmpreijiw- 



I'l-Jil.lJuTlij 



,, ,. -nojurpfjip 

Moea I v« had one for three 
''"" without Any troubJr 



choos« thii. 



«t the «fch reefs warn in, " 

«ach movement creates a 

raiponijy , tjick, Ttw robu.t Rating: ^ ^ ^ ^ 



|MACH 1 

Cheetah t}Q3S 
PHH. /mother flight sim-t>^ 
stkjc. The Mach 1 tooitsjusi a tMt 
tacky. Theres no shortage of ftre 
ujnon( tfKugh. ^*M^ cmo on the 
h»Kie arKf two on the base 
TTlefe's also an autoflre switch on 
[he base - and rt works I 

By tar tfK* most disappointing 
aspect IS the locaerwss of the shaft 
and the rklkulously-kxig stkk 
travei. Responsrveness a poor and 
we commend Chmal} for their 
tjravefy In offering a f 2 monch 
guarantee At aiowsi eleven quid 
It's poor value for money. 

MARK To avetd ambarrctt- 
m a m lat't ha«p thIi short. 
Four MKh*e» mjrfta i&r food 
tablC'top play but It'i too 
Mg for tM Kand. Rafpoet- 
ttvanan H ga n arally 
lnadM|uaf*, but tlw fir* 
buttofu mrm amAxIrtgr 




'sfQurorttHHn, nona of 
which K-m much us* at thay 
ra'qiMra g awa r a baihing td 



Rating: ir^ 



THE CRYSTAL IS CLEARED 



in our first Stfcks In The AAtdfea- 
ture (issue 60J we corr^>laned 
that a hard twist on the rwndFe^ 
or ,^ Crystal joystick wouk) pop 
[rie riijindk^aut of rrsr^stntj. As a 
cortsecjoenteih*' as 

been altered sligri. J .. ■ . ■ ow 



not even tJie Ed car* bust (I Thrs 
rjdesiructilste version gets three 
and a fialf stars and comes m two 
tfsnspdrf m t>^3es. Crear 
(£H99),arKl7urbo|tf6 99) 
with working autofire and 
stitkt*f feer 



TTut't not all folks, Konlx h«v* two mwrm ftlcht 
du« 04ft socm. Until th#n rcnMtnber our opinions 
arAjutt tlwt, »fid tometfmes sven wc can't »9re«. 
Wlwt w« can unreservedly recommand Is ttifft you 
keep your receipt so you can prove your stick 
broke after «l«v«n months use, not eleven years. 
To get mny us« of your Etfck bear In mind nona of 
these Joysticks, wttti ttaa exception of the Star 
Fighter, will work wtth the +2 or +3 Joystick Intar- 
facftt without a small converter - such as th« Frcl 
adaptor (£2.50 - see the CRASH Hyparmarkat, 
p»g« 95), 

CRASH March 1989 35 



A PRIZE FIT FOR 
PRINCE!! 

WIN A MEGA STORM 
FROM THALAMUS 
(who?) 




MSPECWUMREMIX 



is hers, and wouldn't you know tt, 
}u5t when mankind has sorted out 
the squabbles that have raged for 
manyy«ars and global peace at last 
roigns, the aliens come along and 
spoil Tt. The battle fleet of a 
warmongering gatactic empire, 
plan to destroy ttia Earth and all life 
upon rt Only you, as the pilot of a 
nifty little space craft, stand 
between the Earth's survival, and 
destruction at the hands of alien 

36 CRASH March 1989 



fiends that make the creature in the 
movie Predator\ook like Mary 
Popping (now there's a horrible 
thought}. 

Not that an alien invasion would 
worry fT>e too much, by the looks of 
some of the CRASH mob they may 
have already landed. Thalamus ere 
the distinctiy extraterrestrial 
sounding software house 
responsible for remixing (pseiido- 
trendy speak for converting) ttie 
original C64 game for the 
Spectrum. Anyway, they were on 
the dog and bone to me the other 
day with offers of prizes for this 
very competition. 

Rrst prize for one lucky person is 



a high-tech toy calied Eye Of The 
Storm, If s an amusing coffee table 
gizmo consisting of a gas -filled 
glass globe with electricity 
sparklnp Inttde. By moving your 
hands over It you 
can cause some 
great lightning-like 
displays, as Prince did 
ofi his Lovesejry tour and 
video. Also on offer Is a Thalamus 
T-shJrt and a copy of SanMton - The 
Spectrum Remix. Five second* 

wrinners wilt receive a copy 
of the game and a Thalamus T- 
shirt, and a furtt>er twenty people 
wll t get a copy of the g ame . hlo w to 
win . . . Just answer the simple 
questions below and you could 
soon be spending many happy 
hours playing God and creating 
your very own storms. Please send 
all MitHes to us before May 3, and 
the word (well, meow) of TIddles 
the office cat Is final. Send all 
entries to TTLL BC OUT SOON* 
COMP, CRASH. PO Box 10, 
LUDLOW, Shropshire SYS 1DB. 



J What IS a Stavros Fasoulas? 
a} A Slavontc dance: 

b) the ougmai programmer of 
Sanxion: 

c) a contagious disease. 

2 What is a thalamus? 

a) A Canadian beer. 

b) a comphcated cioud structure; 

c) part of the human bram. 

3 Who convened the Spectrum 
version of Sanyiyon? 

a} Sottstotm Devetc^ments: 

b) Thunderstorm DBvetapments; 

c] Rainstorm Developments. 

4 What nationaiity is lh& original 
programmer of Sanxion ? 

a} Startish: 
h) Endish; 
al Finnish. 



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graphicrs a thrplling scenario burning wilh humour, \h& Itkea* which you ve never seen Evefythirtg aboui 
CAPTAfM BLOOD makes it the lype of ganne yOu just HAVE lo play 

Hours ar>d houfs ol discovery. tiKpforaiiorb, dialogue, l^vfjerspace wapts} dfid hotshot tow-leveS flying 
through rugged mountain ranges and diftytpg canyons ^ • 

New&ensaiionsareguafamefidmihi&iragtc, nioving.lunnv and thrilling advLnture CAPTAIN BLOOD is a 
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Stardatc: 23 December 
1988 

Wd], [ bloudy never. Jutit when t 
thouithl rd gracefully ended iheniiijcii- 
tjc run of (^-cco's Log, a much 
unwanted FL-qucvt (rum Hcw%on\ cs* 
pane Jstunncr, I'nni 'hnw about a com- 
masMnr Wakm-ll. hcr^itds thv con- 
ception of fust one mon; In^ ht^acc (he 
pAfie^ df hjs lipkndidly cfTer\e«cenl rag.* 
I tried my ddinnctlt-st to dod^i: doinfi 
mj)' duly, but tllo>»t' rulhk-ss blit^htc-r^ jit 
CRASH and Hew!>.on (rounds like a 
ucky comedy 6uv) took advant3f;c of 



my wdl kngw weaknc^^ for tuKury Iicidg 
and bribed mi: wtih a ba^ of tints and a 
lifcfirriL-'s frtc ?iuhM.fipti(in (ti CRASH. 
I'tii quili: surpriMrd thiit ihcyVc not sick 
la the back t«cth with aJt thoiM; ^illy 
phutos of mc hdliliriK cats, iumpinjg off 
caMles and ii^t'nt: rally pritlhng .iriiund. 

Star date: 25 December 
1988 • 

I'm 'tttrry (o disappoin* weryhody, but 
the most ex citing thing I did uv(;i- Christ' 
mas wa% take aspirin. My glrlfriend^nd 
1 were decked out wrlh An owi toiiuJ- 




Ulis. Which remiads mt; why are tV'^ 
no aspirin in the junf;k^ ,'1 

ttrtiu-it.' the parrots cat Vm all. 
■ A w I u 1 J oke trourti; hjjjxi Chm |;lms.k ji' W , 

Stardate: 3 January 'fe989' 

fis with most f;ame^ ihc nearer 
Su*rmloTd approachcft cfunplL-lign, *o 
docii. 3 severe memory shortage. J man- 
aged to <»ubstantiaUy alkviatethis prob- 
lem by eomprtssing thv maps. A ^^infile, " 
expanded map In SlumiatJ uved up over 
2500 bytci* of precious mL-mory. Using 
an elective map compnrs^ihiJi 
algorithm, this ha>» been reduced to 
utliler 500 Hylcs - a comprcsston ratio , 
of about a&'/it Cyawu - Udi- 

Stardate: 6 January 1989 

If you'rt technically minded, you will 
know that the old Speccy i^ a funny 
ihingt and that any code placed below 
memory location }276J!i: run«> ;tboui 20% 
iilower than code placed above ii. What 
I've been having tri du is constantly 
rearrange the pri!ij;r.iiii .inU place any 
non-time crilic.it tridc, such as the 
front-end and IkrIi ^core Muff, b4:tow 
3!27$6 to it.- .IV (J .i^ much foum. vpare 
ibove. The dillerence this makes is 
quite startling. If I place th« scroll 
routine below 3276b. itl^tt;4d of 
Stormtorti running at a fust, smooth and 
ftidier'lree 25 frames pcf second Us it 
tloeft normally), Jt drops down lo a Hie- 
kciy 17 frames a second . This is a sober* 
inpfcmindcr of how near the m;irt I am 
as far as the Spectrum's cap^ibtljijev go 
(har, har! - Ed>. 



Stardalc: 12 January 1989 



Did y»u wt! ehc ncwualNiat^ct »n other 
computer viru^ that h supposed lu 
wreck IBM t-i»irip4tihlc PCs on Ihc Hiti 
nf thi< month?^ Bvini; the careful ehiap 
that 1 am, the hrst ihin); Idid was chan|g.e 
the dale on my PC In thi- t )lh U) '*tti 
wliatwuuld happen. (x'^ptitcnttaU'Sicusc 
for nui doing any work ^liuultl not he 
sniff ed at.) 

Stardatc: 16 January 19S9 

Nick and t arrive ai ib<r Hewten *farm' 
»« Andrew caJb it> I proudly load up 
^inrmlorii for P^itil Chamhvrlain, ihc 
software pr<Hlucer {people in ^uftwarc 
hou»e% like ihehc fancy tiller). I point 
out tbc s^uhtly erotic animated sequence 
at the hcginning; of the i^amc and, quite 
frankly, I'm dis^stcd by tiie vulgar 
reaction. There I was, trying to sym- 
boUhe the subtle neoen>iici!>m afasup- 
reafi^rl macrocosm, only to, be faced 
wiib a bitrrage of; • 



ht-hey! Kfurm 
hat 1 mtani 



Gtt *em off* 



CoF bliiiuyf 



[ Ibcdulid ul people; I have to work 
Wtht)* • * 

Apnn frnrn Ihi^i oiutbHr^t, iht**i*,'Clini5 
i«ertf very wkll. I'm ^iad everyone 
agrted|hat Stt>rmi>jrd in lotallv different* 



1 

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from any of my prcvioui^ Kamcs as I've 

been geiiiiig pretty wuunit up by A 
cciuple of pL-opie v/lut rvLkon I can only 
program gamc«i of ihe I: xtfi*nft( 'yht-rttful 
VdriL-ty. A distirtcliw style docs not ,< 
mere rehasb make . . . (ukthCK), (And 
there was 1 thinking it was«ubttticd/;Avi- 



Stardate: 20 January 1989 

INickafld J tviufi oil it» I1«w&aa'ii fpr the 

cck'hr^tinn •)■ l^tui Ch:^imf>cr1uin\ 
binhtl;iy, Wiib no expense spared we 
have brouRht KiBi a vattly-vaiuaKlB 
tUofax thill l^xiks like a leather jiieki-1, 
and somelhinK th^tl Kick insisted oti 
purchasing - a s1r.inKe little packet con- 
i.iiniftfithe'rf peculiar ihtni^scaltefl 'fun- 
d^^s.' (lunny i)omm]c*i??>. (liar, 
.bteody,harUtd.) •• . 

Stardate: 22 Jjitiuary 198^ 

*- . ;■ 

Well fofk%, after many iiKHtthv ol r>fllil|C 



kt^miUaiton, | hereby announce the 
(very) final tcl^inatton of CWcco's I.or. 
I hcipe you've enjoyed this insif^hl into 
the development of Stttrmimd (and 
( 'vhi-rt!otii it come In that). My ncsl arti- 
cle for CRASH ^iii he called Ckjcco's 
HoK in which 1 will be reviewing all the 
nt-w toilets that iiimr cm(u the ni.irkct. 
So vend in yoyr votes for the (IRASII 
Rcadcrfi' Top Ten toilet chart to one of 
Liidltiw'!t foremt/st kha^i connoisseunt, 
Oomtnic Handy, 

This \% where I muiit hi>d everybody 
^f'areweir, as I end the termination of 
the ahsolutct past the pi: n ultimate, ImaJ 
C,«cct>*5 Log (gut that noni>), Ptea«c 
dtin't grieve a^ 1 bring to a cli:»s>e one of 
■ he greatest erah (!) in computer jour- 
nalimn. A bnal gmKlbyc and fondest 
ri.'|i^.irds. 

And Aow, tbc time k here • . . " , 
. (Hu he ^Dflw^. . . } Great, 4'v« been 
'dying to chiiek awvy tbi* ilyht-mtnii !i 
s«*cafhhirt for a^e&i - Ed.)* - 




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(eJUbm loMdoriKieonMllnB 24'hourandufonc«Garroee. IfFCf*]^^ 
(fffvtwifrd Ihi ¥«»¥ ma>) u a rtp-Rwrino *«« gom* which tokw itw tjfeve 
pic^w oroiincf jome of Dw moii dMih-dsfvtig Iroela 3n lt» wo^ 
Cfwgtlio«IMoru«ll| llyouwouldiMlh«cN)nc«»o»tnoeiopyo(nv«oam6. 
juil ring Hw CorixMbHa«! Hoflknt number and Htlsn lo Ihi thrtt«Qiy peoir 
quniomWrie dcMm vouf onnvtrs on lh« coupon pfovi^ 
wi yconM lif to lh» ¥m tmitiaq t«rt»hc8 land comptete n [in no mwp Ihon 
20 wwdi}. If ( Di wnpit OS thof 

me t«cond hM£«i c^«..^*i;f<«. conm from t» Darting p«op^ »^^ 
- Cood Mostott nwowntlMmJ'Olsrittfw rtam« ot meir tottst gonw, and 
rt<o»« ihtforthtrodwoliiMi of ir« hmM «8fg ft«^ 
iniroduc»dhilMue46|.Th»BnfWy<rtnntf i r»crt»BcopJ«fol rrMsufvWontf 
Oc£rK.«tiJitt 250 hidcy rumwo-^ vi te (tesMng o 1W CodftMoilsn 
cg»«wj«i/p09ltiAaQln. 11(19 IM Hqini Compsmton and lohw Hw punis 
t«t Nk^nnol oompeSon fulM oppty. 



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LUDLOW, Shropshire SYS tHD, Entries by April 3. 



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Keeping up-to- 
the-minute Witt) 
CRASH 



Printed below are the three C^^H^tU** numbert. 
They're open 24 hours o doy and each has 160 
ttnes to prevent the number being engagedL 
Phone calls will only cost you 25p per minute dur- 
ing off-peok lirrte (Mon-Frt 6pm-8am, Soturdoyt, 
Sundoys and Bank Holidays) or 36p per minute 
during standard and peak time fSam-^dprn Morv 
Fri}. tr you are using your parents' phone or even 
someone else's, please osk them firetl 

umQm: @0d98 555062 cwkSHNiwSAwmiEWi 

on ganrn that just miss&d ovr asodllno, 

Ufte Two; ©0898 555083 NiasouRm playing jsps. 

Hints 'n'ti^ontfm (atmf ri^«a$m ffom Mt Crudai Nmselt. 

Una Thre»: ©0898 555084 COMPimON Honm 
Ikhn ca>9tulfyt0f w&itiaH toy this only one^ (»v6fy two 
mint4§^laf>dtoadsofpfties am up fOfgrnta mmy mortttii 

Thft CRASH Hotlinv If bfou^hf to you by CEii^SH LKl ln.c<>n- 



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Anotfier bladder-bustfrig Ptaying Tips is now on- 
line, Fuil of POKES, tips artd some really impressive 
maps (if you thought the Last Nln/B 2 map was good 
you should see this month's Dizzy 2^ amazing!). Two 
games have both tips andPOKEs, R-Typeand Oper- 
ation Wotl Last Issue was uipposed to have a map 
of Game Over ff but it had to be dropped at th« last 
minute due to lack of space, but you can enjoy It In 
all its glory this month, 

I have had quite a number of requests for POKEs 
over the phone in the last few days. One game that 
keeps cropping up is Activision's Afterburner, along 
with B.ifm.ifl, Netherworld Bfid Totnt Bclip$e,so \f any- 
one can oblige ... 

Talking of Batman, I have been sent literally hun- 
dreds of solutions to A Bird In The Hand, but not one 
tor A Fete Worse Than Death. I've printed the first 
solution this issue so we can now get cracking on 
tt>© other half of this comic strip character's antics. 

Now I have got that off my chest (still can't get rid 
of this cough, though) it's time once again to go 
through the keyhole . . . no, sorry, into the tips. 



av siAWONB soiinm 



■Mr Stalioo* may hav« hwl 
mmnm h«Ml« ntgotifitlng 
nnJfwfMdft, explorfng RuuJvn 
c«npi and laying bootvylrapt 
but tflM «ort erf ttifng cortiftt 
naturaily to Ftichai'd Dobbs of 
C^MthOfpeft. H« hai k«nt in • 
VtAfy-by-Btcp tolutlon ta •«' 
IkHi oiw with tip* for the r««L 



R. r. r. u, u. u. pick up arrows, use 
arrows instead of knife, u, r, r, 
pick up first aki kit, use wtien 
enof gy is low, d, r, d, d. d, I, pfck 
up ammo box u&e when 
weapons are low , I, pkck up infra- 
rw^gogglea. r, r. u, u. u. I. u, i, i. 
d, d. I, y, I . pick up ammo box. u, 
r. u J , d. pick up goggtos battery . 
u, u, pick up mine detector , d , d , 
r, I, r, u, u, r, d. pick up light Uay, 



u, u, 1. u< u, I, I, on teft waJi is b blue 
awitcti - pr^ia it, you should 
hear a tone, the electric door 
Should now be &efe. Now retrace 
your ^eps untii you arrive wtiere 
the ariow« v^ere^ Go down to ttw 
yeitow door and then right, d. 
pick up ptstol sitencer, u. r, pjck 
up firai aid, d. f , go through yel- 
low door and down, d, r, piick up 
liight tutte. u, u. u, go through 
eiectiic door. You are now out- 
akle. U, u, u, u. u. u, you should 
Mea white door on the Eeft wall, 
Lse light hey to open it. You are 
rKiw inside anotfier fort! 
BEWARE, in this fort itt&fit an 
infran-ed intruclef detectors. So 
before yog go anywhere use the 
gogglies battery and then ttw 
goggles. Th$ lines will now be 
visable. it you step on a lir>e, ttie 
alarni will gooff. L u> get first aid. 
d, r, u, get pistol, use pistol and 
pistol silencer for a new weapon . 
d, i, i, U.I, t, d, d, u. get dark key, 



d,r, uM dark key to open doc^, 
get mine detector battery, go 
bBidf out of door, switch back to 
infra-red goggles, u, u. 1. 1, u. u, 
use dark key to open door, d, 
press switch on the wall, this 
make? the trap door (located 
el3ewf>sfe) disappear. Go back 
out and turn back to the goggles, 
d. d, r. r. r, you will see a blue 
door, usie dark key to open it, get 
the insulated gtove, go back out 
and switch go9gles on. r, r, r, u. 
u, r, u, r, use dark key to open 
door. d. d, u»e insulated glove to 
open eiectnc door, You are now 
beck outSHto. Use the mine 
detector battery and mine 
detector, d, d. d, l,d, r, u, dodge 
mif>e6, u. u. u, dodge mm^. u. r, 
r, r, d, d, d, r, through door, use 
light tube, d, r. d, pick up uni- 
form, u. I. u, K d, l,h d, d, d. pick 
up anvno boK. d, go ihrouj^ yet- 
low door, d^ get expiostve 
arrows, u, I, d.d.d, go through 
yellow door, u, u, p<ck up first 
BKi. d , go back through door, 1. 1, 
if you're short of ammo p4ck up 
ammo box, u, u. pick up machine 
gun. U' You should now be 
staricfing outskie a whtte door 
with three oonfrof boxes to one 
side, inside the door is the Col- 
ooel but to enter you must 
d^troy ibe control boxes. Brat, 
put on the uniform and change 
your weapon to explosive 
arrows, ^Jow shoot the control 
tioxes and emar the pnaon, you 
will see the Colonel lying on a 
bed, go to the left ot the ted and 
he win get up anC he is freet 

-m 

* The «ght bombs to be primed 
are Quite easy to find, but keep 
nnoving. 

* The machine gun is the best 
weapon on tNs suiaa. 

* When you think Vm* are no 
more bombs in the section, go 
north. There will be a gate exrt. 
Bte>w this up with explo»ve 
arrows. f4ow goon to arwttier 



section, there are usually two to 
three bombs in each section. 

* The helicopter is your escape 
larget. 

* The gate extt is at the mkldle 
in the top of tfte section. 

m 

* There is not a btthat can help 
on this stagen Just keep an eye 
on the tank's firing temperature 
ar>d try lo get the other tanks and 
bunharvflrai because they do 
tfw moat dttnage. Wtwn tfie dis* 
tance meter says you will have 
completed the game. 



P-P-PICK 
UP A 
PENGUIN 

n^ was a peaceful night ki 
Qothem Ctty, mllNonaifa 
Bnjce Wayne Iwd Jutt settlwl 
down with hi* evening paper 
and M aeemed well. Suddenly 
a letter ceme tfirough ttw 
door. GASP! It was tf»e com- 
plete solution to Penguin*! A 
Bird In The HSfHl, on« side of 
his new game frotn Ocaar\/ 
Special FX - and there waan't 
a POWI or KORWAP! in sight. 
It had come from Mark Hop- 
wood of WinctteatM', 

KEY ; I = left, r = ligtit, u = up 
through door, di=down 
through door. 

L ptcH upnose, use nose. d. picfc 
up tool, use tooi, t pkA up 
imtarang. use Ciatarang, r, r, ptck 
up door key, 1. 1. 1, i, 1 1, 1, go up 
ifl<*lar. /, I, f. I, pick ijp rope, r. r. 
use lock pick, u, u, r, u, r, r, d, r, 
r, u. r. pick up Itfl key, i, d, I, f. u. 
1 1, d, stofKion lift. US6 lift key, u. 
r. r. d. i, d, I. pick up dart, p«* up 
toastt use toast, r. r, r, r, ptck up 
game disk, u. I. o, i.pickupegg. 
use egg, use rope, cfimti ip 
rope, pick t^ magnet, userr^g- 
net, use dart, pi^ up pass, go 
down Tcpe. r, d. r, d, 1 1 1, u. t. u, 
f, i, d, $tmtd on Ifft. USB (fft key. t, 
d, d, I, I, go down ladd^. r, pick 
up sweet, u$e Sweet, r, pick up 
shoe, use shoe, I, I. f, 1. 1. 1, i, i. 1. 1, 
I, go up Sackier, r, r, pkkuppop, 
use POP. r, r, pick up (orcft, ', '. /, 
/, go down tackier, r, r, stai\d kr 
front of door, use pass, u, use 
ton^, I, I. ptck up tepe, r, r, u, r, 
u. i, I. f, u. use f^M, /, u, ptt^ t^j 
ca^e, use cake, r, d, r, d, r, t, use 
door key. u. f. r, d. I. u. pick up 
frumpef, use twmpet, r, use 
game disk. fO0% completed, 
computer stopped. 

CRASH March 1969 41 




TREASURE ISLAND 




iJtSai 



d^M^Kl^'^'i 




42 CRASH Mafch 1989 




POACHED, BOILED AND FRIED!! 




You may rem«mb0r the biilflant map of 
Oi£zyby Paul Forsyth back lnl3s<je47.Th« 
new gartw stairtng this llttJe eggy ctuunc" 
tw, Tr^fisure lsi»yd Oiizy, has feoefl out for 
a vwtri<l« now to Paul couldn't watt to 
r^piMl th« [icoc«B«, 

SOLUTION 

i Get sottd chest. Drop beside cliff. 
1 Head teft arvd get rubber snorkle. 
Hit stone on the way to lower plat- 
form on screen b^low. 
I Go and get glass sword and cam- 
era. 

k Head back to beach and drop 
sword and camera. 
S Enter water and get salt water 
spade. 

i Arrange objects so spade can be 
dropped before snorkle. 
7 Go to wobbling stone and drop 
spade on It. Go back and get cam> 
era and sword. Enter water. Stand 
on bubble and walk on across the 
rocks. 

i Qf ve camera to storekeeper. Take 
boat to pier and drop. 
f Get axe. Drop sword on graves- 
tone. Do not go down gravestone. 
Get Bible. 

fO Cross ocean. Drop axe on bridge 
but don't go down yet. Arrange 
objects so that neither Bible or 
snorkle can be dropped on picking 
up other object 

ff Go down bridge. Get treasure. 
Take treasure to store keeper and 
drop outt>oard motor on pier. 
f2 Gat golden key from pier. Go 
down gravestone. Get dynamite. 
HeAd right until you see a room with 
half a barrel blocking an entrance. 
Drop golden key on this. Go down. 
Get microwave oven. 
il Cross ocean again. Drop oven on 



>«mhVimi(i 




beach, Get infra-red detonator and 
go to mine. Drop dynamite beakto 
the offending rock. Go behind the 
rock on the same screen and drop 
detonator. Get bag of gold coins. 
iKf Go back to beach and get oven. 
Go to storekeeper. Give him the 
bag of gold coins. Take petrol to 
pier and drop. Give oven to 
storekeeper and take ignition key 
to ptar and drop. The boat will now 
move. Jump on boat and walk rtght 
Read message. You have finished 
the easy part of Dizzy 11. Now find 
the coins] 

MESSAGES 

f Danged Blasting Af«al 

2 Code Masters advertlaement. 

I The Snoggles tree house com- 
plex. Deserted now, since the 
threat of touHtta ruining the peace- 
fullife. 

k Code Masters advertisement 
S Legend has it that Hoojaw the 
plmte, buried here, still guards over 
his treasure, 

i Code Masters sdvertlsemofrt. 
) Code Masters advertisement. 
i Warning! Magic wall of waterl 
4 The smugglers' cave. Ingenious 
glass sword on gravestone lock 
design, copyright Roger - infam- 
ous pirate, 

1C No boarding the boat until Pt Is 
moving! 

ff You've found Blackbeard's sec- 
ret kitchen. Ideal for those midnight 
snacks! 

II Congratulations! You have suc- 
cessfully solved all the puzzles and 
truly earned your freedom. Good 
luck Dizzy. 

KEY 

A Bag of gold coins 

I Gold coin hidden behind scenery 

Q Gold coin 

D Sinclair Abuser mag 

€ A shaip glass sword 

f Small video camera 

C Infra-red detonator 

^ Rubber snorkle 

f Tube of toothpaste 

i/ An empty solid chest 

K Salt water spade 

i Sticks of dynamite 

N The woodcutter's axe 

V The curbed treasure 

An old Hoty Bible 

P An old empty bucket 

Q. A targe golden key 

£ A microwave oven 




AfWiflMr montti, anottwr fun a«t ol chMrts for you to us^ if you 
ctont Hk9 POKES {or H you can't b« both»md to typa ttwm in, 
like rrw - Ed) {or if you think thfiy V« ahways wrong, h&, hal - 
PhJn . Cheat Mode Mot6< haa b««ri ao popular ovw th« tast fsw 
months that 1 could nevar print aveiyHikig, Almost &veHry oth»f 
Isttor l9 for ttii» s«ctlon - th«f« hava «v«n baen raaarvBtiona 
■nada ovar tha phona to avoidi tha ruahJ H«r« is a s»l*ctto4i of, 
Vm bMit > . I 



J^0 STDor CM ouiincMiSMr 

If you are getting fed up of the 
way your game is going (I know 
( did) press BREAK, and 9 



together to skip through the 
coufse you are on. 
(occupani: John Pagan) 



While still on tt» loading 
screort wrth tha tune try typing 
{one key at a time) PETE UVES. 
When you start playirvg you 
shouk:^ havd inftniie lives, 
(occupant: Safidsr 6«rg| 

1 It you have a *8K Spectrum, 
kjiad tha 1 2BK version and you 
will start on Leve^ 6 with tull 
ammunition. 

2 You can do the old head^ 
tnck. Load the first part of the 
ievel the computer is searching 
for, then forward the tape to 



the secorKJ pan of the level you 
want to ptay. f^ow start the 
tape again. (It helps if you use 
another tape recorder for the 
forwanjing.) 

3 When it says COMMUNICA- 
TIONS SET4JP, at ihe start of 
each fevel. hokJ down as many 
keys as possible (le, Nicko 
hasn't fourKi out what the 
OKftct keya are yetf - Ed), the 
screen wN freeze. Let go and 
start the tevel then hokl down 
all the Keys aigaln and you will 
get the message OK CLEARED 
THIS SCENE, Vou can keep 
doing this unbi you compiete 
the gamer 

(occupants: Marc Ftickartl 
and Christopher Diebson) 



TEFAL TWOSOME 



with alt the old ctassk games 
tHtingroralaaBed Tl^e Tefai Men 
thought it about time tha 
POKEs were reprinted to go 
along with them. So here ere 
two routines for 0m gektefi 
games Airwo!( aM)ni Borr^atA. 



AIRWOLF 

10 REM AIR WOLF 

(Elt^COftE VERSIOr^} 

20 REM BY THE TEFAL 
MEN (MEL & STE) 



30 nEM**MULTIFAeE1- 
POKI 46062,0 

40 REM RUN THIS 

PROGRAM AND WHEN 
THE (C) 1982 AMSTRAD 
(OR SINCUIR) 
MESSAGE APPEARS 
STOP THE TAPE, 
PRESS ENTER AND 
TYPE RAHlKJMtZE 
UMt 4O0O0. THEN 
START THE TAPE 
AGAIN FROM THE 
BEGINNING. 

50 LOAD " "CODE 59035 




60 POKE 590:32,49 

70 POKE 59033,1 d1 

ao POKE 59034,03 

00 FOR F=5907£ TO 59081 

100 READ A: POKE FA: 
NEXT F 

110 DALITS, SO. 150,179, 



BOMBJACK 

10 REMBOMBJACK 
(ENCORE VERSION} 

20 REM BY THE TEFAL 

MEN (MEL « STE) 
30 REM**tiULTIFACE1 




120 DATA 72, 92, 195, 195, 

230 
1 X FOR F~ 40000 TO 40013 
140 READ A: POKE F, A: 

NEXTF 
ISO DATA33, 153,230,17,0, 

91 
160 DATA 1,50, a 237. 176 
170 DATA 195, 0,91 
180 POKE 59067,0 
190 POKE 59058,91 
200 RANDOMIZE USR 4660 



POKE 499S4,0 

40 CLEAR 29877 

50 LOAD ""CODE 

60 POKE 65533,1 

70 POKE 65534,91 

60 FOR F^ 23297 TO 23303 

90 READ A 

100 POKE FA 
110 NEXTF 

120 DATA 175, 50, 64, 195 
130 DATA 195, 75, 193 
140 RANDOMIZE USa 
BS465 



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CRASH March t989 45 




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tHE NlYSieRY 

HACKER 

Strangfl hapfwnlnga at lh« playing with th6 &p«»dlock- 

1ow«rs thl« montfi. We havo type loader and has coithi up 

had a visit from ttw Mystery wtth these two hacks for Oper- 

Hacker of Grimsby. He (fof It Is attan Wotf and P-Type. 

of th# waUt ggnderl h»t b»gn ~ 



R-TYPE 



10 



REMB-TYPEBYTHE 
MYSTEPY HACKER 
REM INFINITE LIVES 
AND ATTEMPTS 
REM *«MULTIFACE 1 - 
37374,0 

FOR A ^ 23296 TO 65535 
REAOF:IFF=999TMEN 
RANDOMIZE USR 
23296 

POKE AtF: NEXT A 
100 DATA 243, «2,2S5,S$, 

221 

110 0ATA33.203,92,17,1&5 
1 20 DATA 11 , 205, 86, 5, 48 
1 30 DATA 241 , 1 75* 50, 35, 93 
140 DATA 205, 22, «i3, 30. lit 
DATA as, 147, 243,1. as 



20 
30 

40 

SO 



60 



'ISO 



Wi 



160 DATA tt, 52, 11, as, 120 
170 DATA 177, 32,240. 29. 
123 

180 DATA 21 1 . 254, 32. 237 

62 

190 DATA 202, 50, 123, 251. 
205 

200 DATA 109, 251, 33, 68, 91 
210 DATA 1 7S, 50. 43, 252, 34 
220 DATA 22. 254, 49, 

230 DATA 195. Si2, 254, 62, 
201 ."*. 

240 DATA SO. 80. 254, 205, 64 
250 0ATA254,33.90,91.17 
260DATA22, 106, 1.10,0 
270 DATA 237, 176.196.0, 
106 

280 DATA 175, 50, 254, 145 

50 
290 DATA 149. 146, 19S. 253. 

133 
300 DATA 



OPERATION 

"»Ke 40691 e- Bnirr 



'80 DATA 211 »u „ 
S2 "'"*. 32.237, 

251 ^"^='^•205,109^ 

250 OATASi fli'-i^' ^ 
175 *^* ^t«. 64, aS4^ 

300DAT>999 



M It I M 




ENeri«£ 

ee 07 o^ 

HOSTAGES 



R-TYPE ING PRACTISE 



Vou 4ucky people wtio houQht 
Electric Dreams' R-7yp^ Not 
only do have a scorcher of a 
POKE for the game but Jo+in " I 
h«te aliens' McGhee tias e«ntln 
■ome tips for the first five 
lav«(a . . . and all thb In the 
same Issue, wtwl more can 
you ash for? 



(moIj 



Thb IS fairty easy after a lot of 
practise, so try to gel thrtxjQh it 
with all weapons remaining 
{don't bse any lives either), To 
pass the huge rotating aiien, wail 
for the gap. n\p msicle and send 
yoi»r fof ce weapon into the 

46 CRASH March 1989 



alien's weak spot. Dodge any 
bull«t3 while the alien explodes. 
U&e the force again to destroy 
the la/ge^ish) aliens near the end 
of the feve!, To finish off tf>e last 
nasty you only need to shoot the 
sinall green he^ using the 
force. 



UyUZ 



If you have lots of we&pons to 
start with , just Keep blasting until 
the first half of this leva! is ovef , 
If not. try to ctocJge the nasties or 
shoot them with fireballs, in the 
secor>d bit of this levet. try to 
shoot the segments of the biig 
worm. Ef you do, it can't shoot 



you. Kill the mega-aiien at the 
end by f inng at thie blobby pod 
thing (technical term} that 
appears from the top of its head 
white dodging the worm. 



UuelJ 



Collect the jewels and use the 
force to destroy tt>e gun bait- 
teH«$ on the humungo^JS space 
ship. Keep finng wdhoul crash- 
ing into bullets, walls, or the ship 
itself. At the end of the level, fire 
the force tsackwaf da over the 
top of thfl ship to shoot the pur- 
ple block. If you can't manage 
this, keep stiootirvg until the ship 
eseplodes from boredom! 



Uudtf 



Lean where the wali-buiidmg 
r^asties appear from so you can 
kill them quickly. Keep the force 
as rearguard at alf ttmes. Learn 
the movements of the end-of- 
Jevei ^ardian ancit^odgetKJMs 
wtiile shooting to obliterate it. 



LeM€i^ 



Apparently a doddle {John conv 
pieted it first go]. Sf>oot for all 
yoo're worth, dodging the large 
cat^erpiliars and blowing up tt>e 
aliens that fire plasma bolts with 
your force. Fire tt>e force inlothe 
mi^tfe of the cluster o1 asteroids 
and space ship inside will axptre. 



I Jl 



Xi 




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HOLD A WOLF BY THE EAR 



uui 



To help you avoid ^hootin^the [fjjil f nades. 

oddnurseormassacrmginno- t**** ' / /^ 

cent citixenB twra are some K&ep your sights away from L^*i Z 

tips fo4r the Mumber On« game the tett-hari'd sid^i of tli« This level is really easy. Donf 

at Chnstmas. Ocean'9 C^tWfd- screen, Thi* is whore the use any grenades, saw^e them 

uon WoiK nurses ajppear. Use 3-4 gre- for Levet 3. Shi>ot the parat- 







<^r^:f;<^Jf<^^^i;j!/ip^ B,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 






iaf^^Z 



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i!iii!rfirt'i' 
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mm: THE HOSTAGES ! 



■HOSTACj^S 



roopers quickly. Watch out for 
the little boy who runs from (efl 
to r{Qht. Shoot me wild foul 
and the breakdancers. 

You should have a good sup- 
ply of grenades, your going to 
fitted iL It's best only to u&e 
gi^nwles on helicoptefs. 
Don't shoot the girls (re- 
member, you cao stop shoot- 
ifiiglf. Vour damage »s com- 
pIttMy restored after complel 
[ngUttv«l3. 

The massive butch men with 
the big ^urts can only be shot 
in tho hea<l, so don't tet your 
sight wonder below their hea<J 
heigtit. Always shout holicop- 
lers tif St. Your ammo is 
mtoclied at the end of the 

The hostages are on this tevet 
so be careful! OonH shoo* the 
dynsmrle when an escaping 
hostage is onscreen, ft hills 
him, Use al] weapons, walch 
Out for those hoStoflM. they 
run right to left akmg the 
centre laiM. 

The hostages •(•in go from 
rtglnt to krft. Just keep thai gun 
going. Don't miss orw potion 
bonle or grenade, they are 
vitst. 



GAME NOT OVER 



Not only clo I have a groat map 
of this Game Over sequel but 
Richard Longford of Enfield has 
sent In the solution so you 
should never have any worries 
about this gan^e again, except 
dodging all those aliens? 

Fdomtheslarl . . . LUCLL.L 
D, collect gun, R, fl. R, R, R, D, L, 
col ted proton loader , R . R , R. R, 
CdM«c1 heart, L, L.L, U. lower e^^it 



nghi, collect heart, U upper exd 
rjghl, R, fi. R, jump over gap irt 
floor and fall down hghl-hand 
side of hole, collect heart, D. L 
U L. 0, R , R , R , R. coltect access 
med>allion, L, L, D. collect heart, 
LU.L,U,UL,UL.O,R,R.R.R. 
R, R. R, get In heiLcopter, wtien 
hoi icoptef lands: R, R. R. R. R, R, 
R, R, U, U U L. walk up to prig- 
onof to or>d the game! 





I must say ta-ra once again, and get on with my 
essay for college (there's no rest for the wicked, or 
the crucial (or that matter!). Some of the titles we 
get given these days are weird, but 1 suppose they 
have got lo be dorie H I'm ever going to be an intel- 
lectual. Send all your stuff to the usual address . , . 
Nick '0< Roberts, Playing Tips, PO Box 10, LUD- 
LOW, Shropshire SYS 1 D8. 



CRASH March 19S9 47 



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I ^1 r m^— * PC Engine was launched a year 
I « ■■ ^ir and a half ago in Japan and 

Insfantly became on© of ttie hottest consumer Kerns 
around. The firsf production run sold ouf In a month 
due to arcade-QualitY graphics and sound from a 
21000 yen [)yst under £100) machine tittle bigger 
l^on o paperback book. But then ntmoun started 
that Nintendo was applylrvg pressure to stop it - 
Nintendo dominate the console markef In the US 
and Japan, and buy aH ttieir chips from NEC. And In 
ttw UK NEC claimed tfiot tt^ey had no plans what- 
soever to launch the mactiine here onyway - tfie 
market wasn"* big enough. 

NEC stfll seem unlikely to launch the machine In 
the UK anytime soon - they're concentrating on 
Japon and the USA - but a full-scale, independent 
import compony, MIcromedIa, tras been started up 
with the express purpose of distributing the Engine, 
Its peripherals and gomes in the United Kingdom. 
Since CRASH has olreody given one of these wonder 
machines away (Issue 55)< we thought we'd have a 
detailed look at ttm Engine; vrttot mokes It ttek, vrtiat 
the peripherals are, ond Its chances of success with 
new wonder mochlnes due to appear here over the 
summer. And to tell you lust how good the games 
ore, or aren't, we hod the reviewers have a both too. 




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iviisiJtedtoconnpieK odwAm ond 
^afegy gcxnei And d Nrty quid o 
gona n iQto foroi hcvd con to 
build QdBoentnAMoreooiecion 

Sn. (* a mate IMO hun(*8d pcimli 
{!fne'9?-lt3D.ihePC&i0neJsone!tce«- 
leni and genure^ir Hny. way of bung- 
ing garune arcade gamei Md vou 
home, ^r^ on t« PC Enghe 6 ihe 
aoodB gome vDtn*(Hmoc(h saoi- 
Ing qnd rvrdaioriwlrlngialent. it vou 
tooitaltie Bigineat ocheopwovoi 
brtn^onoroods moc^vieinto vou 
hone, rt gwtf. And »« ptEsv»a 
Ariarteon lognsh ihoiia agrroBOfll^ 
hctda» the range of Engfahion- 

guage loMart and wl hopelUV 
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Adding It up 

IhemnodHad Japanese PC Engine ffi 

oompolDtoi ai^<iii4tt jcv»nei» Iki^- 

o^ony irnpofiiad mochlnea hawto 
modlie^ Moram^do oflar two txBic 
Biflifw. for £ W.*5 vou can gel on 
En^TM vJh <} SCART Et^ooomKlor, 
ooiT]pleli» wtt) Uit p(>«i«ipQek Joypod 
ondMbvinictlora. (SCARTtockBh 
conbe feirdofi rnosi monlooavj 
rTKiny noMBTlVs.) Ibe second model b 
modlledta<AM I bbe p^u^ged 
flt^»^ irio Ihe onierYu sodet of any 
TVondcorii £^4.96. {Vouoortcfeo gat 
a TTXxior/Enf^ bundki tof £3999£^ 
MoomedtoabooneFqtA^ionge 
of Itt vortous peflJlwdb dsvetopad 
for fiB PC En(^ rince it lounclv For 
£29.95 vou can buy a MiJe-tap 3dbw- 
^ mcire iticn one ptoyv to ue fie 
rtnfihina twd people can ploy wlt> 
Ihh uiig «dro JoypcJds (£U95 eoch) 
A i39 OS MJI-lap S mcraosa tie 
numbar ct plovers !o ffu« At piesert 



Fntjnei^-vuy- i,^>-ne- 
one hod mode d mttte and HTt us. 
Iha iwsfciTTw (Kirn 9v:*«i con«fe 
f s » smo^ one ooMdofcrotf i^}rt&o 
poctor< On fod I Died t9M ttnes. bi^ 
Dom wotidnl ifll IO(lOlfiiiai^.}Sur 
ri«««? fjdge onylttig by na o tof 
£199.95 you g^ torttort dopNct ana 
unci Ibe oicods convettioni (1^e» 
IndUde l?-^>pa ^^triteond G^k^cr 
^ ore wry dose IB) t» odgncA ol 
tiev kock ti the traert ondT rrcMogo 

TheoriOW gg mettwnl b<3deiher, 
Ihe rodng Qoma ii4cibiiy A/T crd Ih9 
t«ai'enHjp£ktjnA8nMi3i4»raeteaiy 
OQQci Ot«gtierhandone orlw&or 
tie g^im fudh oinsmd ore criir 
obod Ssgo 7CfiM:s e^jqiy i^ile 
oiMnUsiMDen pu«v In Jcvnnase 
oranlrruchcopenw Miffnourte 
goma tw^ ft Ih9 Sno'SicroSs- 
lto4ivlfr(roa(ltO(ti«rAieCr»iAv? 
Okvi YcM ocmi ctxxxe one d Ni 
odsnK]! oomedt' duo 10 represMii vou 
ttvou(^io(TieQtihe IT13II liaUart ooy 
0Afiai lotie «een oiWde of Vfe ^ 
mois Dotting ov«t«od feMiy leliMe 
!he<r9e(u^ wMs tone K/non' 
crnrodeis ore b be tound m Vie 
busroiiOGttiOfora kalel. Hhisliffie f^jn- 
nies> Nrxi* ^ come Oil of Jopon ance 
Dye JametsxpOied 6)cUcnc9 

The onV tfG^ nxran i Mfoid voice li 
the cQrtd (9 lock oQl o( tie ji^DCtd 
JO ! oeitdnly rope ttvjoysicit comet 
out lOon Neveftiete dlv g»ndirg 
rnori of o day pkntig • I ^ Kove 
n^sewG'CtslOOdVOiQoonc^jDcn t 
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Irolar of viMJ^-tonoe or housfOhoid 
Q^ionoss- It^fifo's dbo plani Id prO' 
diice on fcxr-hdv squats iCO coicM 
dsplay^Mt)tcn,b6tlclet pleaiiingMei 
Ooucher, dfers tcB porteblty - jud 
Imoglie ptaYtng near-perlad ooli-op 
cor^iaAxs on the school bija( 



Ihece'ioniy liVQ4c^ fentt (1 -^ picrt«n) 
and MtMti Aastaf (1-2 piavOT)ttKit 
mokaiM orihb tadny. Such ployen 
coJd otiDfiiXVddiste o PC Corrrnov 

dar joypod w^ gh«s oiJldhBon 

both fttt buttons. And tor pbv'B'K^ 
e omto i lBdbvc o i d i o lf gt lm d l on svto 

ttw smc^ ')ovdisk' on Ihe ton sidedfhe 
oonfTotier, Q icn«lld( JhouW be ovoio- 
bie bv ine Ivne you JBOd Ihis, 

The iTOtt «clt^ jMilaheraL how- 
iM^. Is t« CD-RCM (oxnpoct disc 
rood or^msnxjry^, 1hi$ loolajuf} 149 o 
normot poitobift CD fAiyer (nj 
Indeed o(7> be 0io^ Id or« 
pTiOMgri in$fe's no bdi1»v ^odNv OS 
^, The CW?OM costs 42K'.9a and 
00 lop rf IficJf VDU need (ji (fiafaoe 
un(f {£159,955 w(** houses balh ihe 
OHiOM and Engine ma s^tglQi v«y 
jnuff coje, At tte momenf ihwe'j jyst 
fwo gomet ovofeibid for It, one ol 
whi^ is Q Jqponese bnguage Ddv«n- 
1U9 (nctrruoh use^ us tr%}. while the 
o<her is t« coiri-op corwOTtofi Ste?' 
fljjh^ (Jree w«h ihe CCM30M i^o^j . 
Whie obrfCMSly buyli>g ftw CD4K>/ 
Mf lorthQtone g9T« wckM be 
msefAopdtf attravogort. frte poten- 
tel for ortghoi gomes Is o^ioriiirQ 
BfiMerocceflTia tw CD^^OM for 
CD<|uoMly speedt tires and sci/id 
FX tie Engbecon oto read dota from 
» -^to 600 megatiy4» per <lid 

For tie lAxe ttwe ore piora Id 
relecBe on ofphonmieric Itaytoord. q 
modem on^ floppy disk drive - ts£C 
tolt of tt« Engine not timply 03 Q 
gomsi machine, bd rather the con- 



f\^ftJ Iherelinodoutf tWi:c<<*i^ecorttcitecfkaW;*artt»mof^^ 

U W IVI PC &H|ne Is by liar t>e bed. f you rr^ buy o CGniQle v^flhh lie ^ 

3b mcriir^ I M^uid delhlMy i«oarmiend lh» En(^ wf^ 

t«era> taod of (Miar$ jn Vtt wtigi Ihere ore going to be «> rrionY <lBveliapr^^ 

iri Ih0 cdtiwle rT«M0t ih» year thgr, 1(8 1^' Vkjso 2000 1^^ 

nol necesKrty1lotjfl*i lhc« ieid I dontviqrtkjp^ 

#iat 1i » greor aba/ ttie PC Eni^ ii Ihot I neuer seerrs p(jtied. ^%3eJi 
dbulMy IbrtaA: to pbr. butltfi Englw looioi l(8t 00^ 81^ 
t^vaed Mlh JMoel)sruntier oTdleraand hoMsno hoaie whatioaiier-infQet 
P-r>ip»lgoei»rTw^iwv'toprovtrigtiB,^patf(tamtwpe^ 
ocode gomet tie Enghe oito hcA a brgt ortoy cf 'ti^ 
Oian/%x^Crion Mos^of tt^gorrresoe trBmendomV pioyobte cnaveryoddlb- 
IKb (&i9e98Si orifivirfwfhB Afrwhsr rnortrfl^ 
great prodLid COTtirig Dvough. 

The Saticorriig yoor B gc^ to be very esecttig^ I )utf (3an1 M^^ 





Biottteof ifw oofnoMe 

If the PC &igine Isaira^tn mos} 
pcwerfJ coruole h Ihe LK whc^of the 
immedioieMuraf? A QWJtboost for me 
Erigre's JK martiat wi oome In Jute 
iMhen It Q bundled m Anterioa 
generdirtg a Ic^ monft&\f|lsh bn- 
guags oomes. Bii t« waoB^ ct tKt 
mffltedmeons Ifvti be torftom the oriiy 
sjper-consoie In tie ruining to 
reptoce ihe e-b» Nintlwda Hot on Ih 
heofe should be ihe Sega Mfagoclly^ 
wh*(^ lirS wantcm sofeiri Japcan n NoM- 
ember 1 96a and sold 50.000 tjrvts in 
f-AO doydUnfee tie Engine It tKua 16- 
^. 680O0 cNp 0^e scrtie (B h tf« 
Amigo) vAidh nakss t pctartSdtf 
mote poweriuL So farlhou(#v1here'i 
onyooouptoofgamKowldbta^t 
ord a UK Septorter kixtdi dofe 
seerrg opItTttIc s^tfintxiri yetto be 
retecBedintt«(M 

1%) bidding tor (he US moriet i& c 
njmfiued Epyxcoroole, and F#v 
tendo's 1 6^ tfKfcjfe of tislr cuneni 
oOfTSOte ^*f^»er«d6ho« tie muscle to 
produce a <«% good moatine Mth 
bts cf nthvora b(itt«yH«trnttondy 
spent ids tne on the UK marked Ihen 
ttiere's lumoua tur both />i(it ond 
CofTTOodore plan oonwie wfsfons ot 
thsir 1 6HbtoompiJen. 1te£^ Arrigo 
dlmxfircfulMiQHfe Enghe ibr per ' 
fermortce yttt afjertar xund chip 
and higher resoiuilQn grophfesL Wkx- 
fcnole^lhe A/rlQo uses iol of eifien- 
ihe ttilpi and » lor on»^ rotoly do lb 
gomes oome dose to jshg lb tJI 
capabHe(.^obat}t|^Bie moitkiefQst- 
hg oorffseiloa h(M«w. b pfcMded 
bvtF« i^snteMJi^^itan dualo 
appeor In Augud/^eptornber This IS 
cov^sdlnsaTedstalonpogQ il 
(Tid C9)pear5 Id how a siOQriOf 
spedfkiiijbit Ix^ Is tfifc:^ a)rA^ 
{istc ocom S||9ieni has yet to be 
prowd. 

For fhe momsr*. howertt fw PC 
Engineaclecity tte builnM ondhos a 
biQ hecdiiait on li rtvQlL And Ihe cne 
ihfigfhd'tcertQin isttidi 1 969^go(no 
to be cne or the most ttdHhO yKn 
computer gont^g has seen k)r a bng 
lime, r not ««r. 



For mort Informattori on 
the NEC PC Engine. 

contact: Micro Media. The 
MoorHaH, CteeDownton, 
Shropshire SYS 3£G. 'S 
0S84 75604 






A Do you bolftm In ftt MM MK? LuB Ptm C Badvnl fiwn Pwtu0ii 
otivlously doM, ht h« iM l« ttrii p4ebn wrnid Br. AofiiMy thh l^ttl« 
GhaprafntndarnefTwrtofRollallKH' 'i 



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Spring is just around the corrier, and all at CRASH 
Towsrs are busy wKh the ritual cleaning up ttist occurs 
around now , , . and boy, does this piace need it! We 
lost PKtl the other day, and only found him when a chair 
covered with a dust-sheet moved! 

AJi is pandemonium in ttid CRASH office, but what's 
new I hear you say, not a iot really. Therd'a always a 
hooligan element in here (ie, Nick and PhtlJ. This month 
we are visited by one or the end-of -level guardians 
from R-Typet an ell and even some heavy metai- 
inspired pix. 

Ng, iiimt • picture of im lint 
thii^ ^ tlw rmnilnQ, in fwl Ifv 
t wflfy flics portrait of EWie, 9m 
ol Iran hlMitHL I haw 
of Iwavy 
metil, but H iNuM tfifm Ital 
my oW tHJCkfjf Chrtti Pe)l Irom Bol- 
ton Is. ContHbutions Id Ills hear- 
llig-tl^ ippul fund can tie maclo 
ttwughttt normal diannfll& . . . 





ThLiu tells wouldn't ksok far out of pUcQ in tho new UibiSon: ^ms 
SkiOtuH, but in tvct Ms a binary var^iofl of RoAwy Itetthmv't artworti 
for No IM«n CKv. an ailMni by anothfr heavy Rivlal bond - Na£ar«tlL A^ 
to be lioi>«tt I quttfr (Ike soim tvuvf rrwtai. espocial^ V«n KitH and 
David Lio Roth. MaytM MaiThew A^ion a( SowQi IfumbenKto can do ■ 
stmHarly impros^lire renderfne of om (rf ttrir iftums. 



Well, as anothef OTS draws 
to a clds^, I can \6\i you the 
oft ice IS looking a Utile I Idler, 
if you don't counf eittier 



tias ev^'H removed all the 
Smash Hits stickers which 
ttad i»en plaatered all over 
his word proces&or. As for 
the £d, he's making a racket 
hammering a nail into the 
wall tor hfS noticetioard. It 
fell down last we«k and 
almost kided him - well, I 
mean, usji>g Blu-Tack to 
hold it up, huh! 

rf you th Ink (tiat you can do 
b«tter than this month's 
bunch of budding artists, 
don't just sit there muttnring 
about it, put pix9l onto com* 
puter and design a screen 
worthy of the OTS t*al) of 
fame. Do the usual stuff [put 
work onto tape, place in 
envelope, seal and post 
envelope etc), and you may 
receive £40 worth ol soft- 
ware for the best of the 
bunch, or even lt*e CIO run- 
ner-up prize. As usual send 
ail entries to Mairit 'flobin 
Candy' Caswell^ On The 
Screen, CHASH, PO 
BoK 10, LUDLOW, Shrop- 
shire SYB IDS. 



< iNk In Imt » fhJ^fpt was 

CfUlSH 
SmaDih and ttn gainfl'} slltl an 
offlca favourtte - even with 
Nick't pokes If't really hard. 
Similarly enamoured ol flits 
coln-op carrventon Is Miss 
S Mudmgton ftom Stoke-On^ 
Ttent «rfia*B aant in her render- 
ing of the contrnitation between 
fln ft-9 ship and Level One's 
4Man-lnsplred imga-monster. 
If s pretty dam eood and what's 
mors it's Itie first femvle tttty 
Vm inealVMl for ins, kAs mgrt 
to toNow I'm surs. 



CRASH Marc^ 1969 53 



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After last month's unveiling of Mflds Gordon Technol- 
ogy's artemattve Speclrvm - SAM - IAN CULL now 
reviews MGT's alternative to the + 3, the Plus disk 
drive add-on. Deepening Amstrad's woes further Ian 
also disparages the H-2A, while updating his DICB 
review and looking over yet more techje mags. 



\ 



DUETOAmsUad's 
to offer hardware 
for Spectrum own- 
ers wishir^ to 
upgrade to + 3 standards, the 
on^oplKxi might seem buyir>ga 
cornptetely new computer. In 
fact. th(s la far from the case 
Ihtariks to MHes Gordon 
Technology. Their solution to 
Ihe pf oblem ts the Plus (nter- 
face and 780K 3.5 tnch diak dnve 
tor £139,95 m kit form, (available 
from MGT, LakeiMs, Ptio«flix 
Wey, Sw8r>s4S Errterprls* 
Rarh, Swansaa, SA7 dEK) 

CtompaTing a 48K or 1 2BK 
Spectnum wtth Ptus O fitted, to 
the ofBc^al disk machirw , the + 3 , 
i& an interesting exercise The 
Plus 'S a itat. but long, inter- 
feoe, that wfien fitted to a Spec- 
trum sticks out enoijgh to almost 
doiible Its length. A cable con- 
nects It to the rrMtat-coeed disk 
dnve. which has a separate 
power supply (another cable). 
There i$a buiH-in parallel pnoter 
interface, but no sertai ports. 
T^ts c^iou3Vftieans.alei mora 



desk space is taken up. 

Another $il>ght problem A thai 
your Specirum on t designed io 
access the disk drive. When 
powarad up the Plus D interface 
tias ordy minimal intemat soft- 
ware - enough to 'boot a disk, 
which loads m the full program. 
However, a configuration prog- 
ram, sjupplied on tape, allows 
the spedfics of ytMr pailtcular 



'Loading a 4dK snap- 
shot takes about 7 
seconds' 



disk dnue set-up to tw program - 
rried into a system file, which is 
ttten stored on disk for future 
booting - tfie tape will probably 
n»taf be needed again. Qootjng 
takes only about 2.S seconds. 
Wfiile the + 3 obviously does not 
need ttiis, ttie MGT drive offers 
much more storage space , 780K 
m all, or four times as much as 
can be held on a + 3 disk witfioiit 
manually flipping il over. Tfie 



dhve is also v&y fast, tfia SAVE 
of 16K took 4.6 seconds, the 
LOAD just 2.2 secorxls. Format- 
ting, however, takes a very stow 
l10secor>ds(ISforthe ^3, but 
you need to do rt four times to get 
the same amount of fMek storage 



'It would be possible 
to write 390K prog- 
rams' 



space}. 

The P*gs can aho emulate 
the Microdrive syntax, making It 
reasor^ably compatible with 
Spectrum business software 
(the + 3 emulates taps loading^ 
savtfig, but litt^ else), but alsa 
h^ a simpler synta;*; (still not as 
easy tc type as the + 3 though). 
Anotfier ^-Dadvamage is a built- 
in "magic button" (saving It© 
cost of a Muttiface 3i which 
allows screen dumps, and 4&K 
or 1 28K snapshots (or copiee of 
proy an^j 10 bs lakart. Also on 
the phis side is that true disk 
data files can be created - it is 
thus possible to open streamB to 
flies, and prinit to. or input from, 
the file via tf>e stream. It would be 
possible to write programs 
handling 390K or more of data in 
th4s way! 

Snapshots cannot be loaded 



until the disk has been tjooted. 
so loading a 46K snapshot (Arf- 
vanced Pinball Stmufatot) lakes 
about seven seconds, and five 
Key presses (using the loai>o6 
shortcut). The *3. using Mut- 
tifBce 3, lakes 1 9 seconds [and 
ten key presses) to kDad tf>e 
same game -howevertthereis a 
iittieentra i28K-specifici:»deto 
be loaded. T>ie one bonus is that 
Muititace packs tfie garrtas on 
disk, alkiwing more to be ftted 
on the disk (e.g 60K for a 1 28K 
game on the +3, as against 



'The +3 Is quite 
incompatible with 
other Spectrums' 



l2BKon the Plus D). But then, 
the Plus Dfias more space a vail- 
able on itie #M(. 

You stnoki also remember 
that the +3 is quite incompatible 
with older Spectrums (except 
the + 2A). and much hardware 
and some software will not run 
on il. Fitting a Ptus O to your old 
Spectrum win save you f: 1 05 ( ^ 3 
and Muitiface 3 = £245), and run 
everything you already own (N8: 
tf^ Rue D is NOT coiripatible 
wtlh my Aiphacom pnnter or 
Mult rface t . thougli). 



CRASH March 1969 55 






To MAKE best use of 
the PteaD, additional 
hacksr progf ams af e 
nfteded since it has 
few functions apart 
from the snapshot ' one . Q^ntm. 
fof all Muitff^es except the +3, 
has (Of s>ornd time allowed hac- 
kers to s top a game or other pfo* 
gram in mid-tlight, call up a dis- 
assemtJief/edttof. then continue 
the stopped pfogfi^m a& if 
nothing had happened. Now, 
two programa (or the Plus D 
aitow similar tasks to be carried 
out. The ■ official' Piek-Poki»^ft 
[PPti trom MGT themsefves and 
Phia D Hacfc*r f PDH) fTCwn 
INDUG, 34 Bourton Flo«d, 
Giouc«sterGL4 OLE, PjRfcoats 
£14.95. again s^i PW which 
Co^S just C3.9S! 

Both programs are supplied 
on tape, so thai ttwy can be con- 
ligwed onto any Rus D set up. 
In both cases, a now Plus O sys ■ 



ram ilselif (pi&t the screen on 
PDH, but afl mamorv up to 237S5 
on PPli. POHdfom not dWi wrttft 

this, irvdeed it Ss possiWe to dis- 
as^emble/edit TOH itself (or 
cra^h it, if you're not carefuf). 
PPt, hi;>wever, al!aw$ thtt '<TI^' 
Sing' mernoiry to be loaded Into 
the 48K section, and eKamined 
there ~ this is detailed undef the 



*POW offers some 

unusual additional 

routines' 



128K bank functions 03 on 
apperKJix. so 4SK users may 
miss iti 

Both of the programs have a 
poor keyboard interface; thef e is 
a tandancy for double iragistar- 
Ing of keys. etc. This is particu- 
tarty annoying in POH. Since 




lem fite iscre^ied or dtsk, wh^ch 
wftt aLFto-initiaHsA the nack-pro- 
gram wt>eneviv the dtsk Is 
booted. Other necessary fites 
take 1 5K of disk space for PPt 
and 20.5K for PDH. 

Genie fits totally irrto the Muf- 
Ufacsd RAM, so is instantly avatia- 
ble when the mage burton Js 
pressed. Both PPlm6 PDH. 
however, store their code on 
diish, and t^e some time to 
appear when the txition is pres- 
sed - PP/ takes 6 seconds. PDH 
takes 7.S seconds. However, 
PDH has a second mode, in 
whtdi the screen is rrot sawed 
{useful in some cases) which 
appears a^mosi instantly' 

Once loaded, both programs 
Offer aiiTiilar tsctiities (though 
POH offers some unusual addi- 
tional routines), but the routines 
are aiso called in from disk as 
ireciuired leg 2 seconds to call up 
the disassemtjlef) - PPI is 
quicker here, but jP£)h is smart 
enough to not reload the nautioe 
if you have |ust used »t. One 
problem with both pf ograms is 
that some of tt>e Spectnjm RAM 
IS taken up with the hack-prog- 

56 CRASH March 1969 



tnwe ss fx> d to l ein function. Yoc 
have to let Hie selected function 
begin , then abort it {very dartger^ 
ous if the selected function was 
a fill m«T*or¥. or similar). 

PPf offers, once the button 
has been pressed, the normal 
snapsltot functions, as waII as a 
disassembler; memofyeditor: 
search routirte; access lo Z80 
registers: fl 2aK) bank switch 
and search: bkx:k find and tiil. 
and graphics search, Output can 
tje sent to the printer with both, 

'Both programs have 

a poor keyboard 

interface* 



Of the two packages , PPI is far 
easier to use. WheodtsasaerTtbl- 
ing or displaying mamory. one 
page at a time )S given, then the 
menu can be recited, ttie same 
function restarted, or the folk>w- 
ing page displayed. POHsutiply 
disassembtes/dispiays umii 
ENTtR is pressed {to pause the 
display), sf ace (wh^ch resiwisjior 



M (to recall the n^n menu) . PE3H 
only uses the bottom third of the 
semen, wfiefsas PPt uses the 
whole screen. POKEing isalso 
simpler with PPt. allowing entry 
of message strings as wed as 
dedmal/hex numbers - PDH 
has a F»OKE facility w^thma gen- 
eral ZBO register page, and oftty 
accepts decimal numbers. 

However. PDH offers add*- 
tJonal facilities to PPt - m par- 
ticular, Mmi-automated infinite 
life POKE searches (though 
nowhere near as sophisticated 
as t he »utttf3C« L/feflruaintf pro- 
gram), arKJ a graphics search 
rriode . This is quite mtnguing. as 
it allows memofy to be seroited 
arotind onscreen In many ways, 
giving a reasonable chance c^ 
findir>g whfite a games graphi-cs 
are held in memory. Another 
PDH bonus is an additional pro- 
gram that can be loaded intothie 
Plus D over the top of the hack- 



'PW has semi-auto- 
mated infinite life 
POKE searches' 



program (but taking no main 
Spectrum memory), whkih gives 
the Spectrum sorrke graphics 
drawing functions. For example, 
inuN* 1 (f otto wed by 7 arguments!] 



+3 CORNER 

~ FT£R REVIEWINQ Kob- 

rahsoft's back-up program 
OB 1 1 n issue 60 I promised a 
qu(ck upKlate on D/Cf (now Ver- 
sion 2) also from Kobcal^oft ( 
Pleasant V^ew, Hulfn* Lane, 
Hiflme Near Longton, Stoka- 
on-Trent. Staffs ST3 5BH). 
Rdfer back to issue 5/ fonhe lull 
review. 

The n^in mwHj has rww lost 
the COPY command (which hag 
be*n moved to wtthm the FILES 
menu, so that all or just selected 
files can be copied). However, 
two new commands have 
iDpeared - INIT and ANALYSE, 
! he I NIT Command allows a disk 
to be formatted to * 3, system or 
tJatalormat (all three formats are 
now fully supported by DiCEi - 
the Data format gives an extra 
5K p«- disk, and is a last format 
(DOS ROM saved in 7 .6 seconds 
and loaded m S.2). 

The ANALYSE command 
goes some way towards deaimg 
with commer ciaHy protected 
rKHVStandard disks. You can 
ejcamir>e. and even modify (at 
y'Our own rtsk). disks that nonnal 
* 3 disk routines cannot read. I 
wouid not recommend that you 
do this on an original disk how- 



alkiws an area of memory to be 
defined as a graphic: nuft-u will 
delete lines of BASIC etc. Oie 
problem is that ttwse routines 
use information from the hack- 
program , whk:h cannot be run at 
thte same lime. 

In Summary, both programs 
dOtheJr)ob reasonably well . PPt 
is a well written program, with 
excellant documentation -but it 
is very expensive. P[^ is l-ess 
" profeseionar. but offers a 
number of unusual additional 
furv::tions, and is very good 
value. Documentation for PDHis 
not too good (and there is a 
wamir>g of poss^toe crashes on 
128K Spectrums). The average 
Spectrum uaet would be quite 
happy with Phs D Hacker, but 
serious game hackera may wish 
to pay the addriional morwy for 
iRic*f - Poke^tt. to get a mote reli - 
able product. 

+2A BUGSI 

AMCUr AND interesting 
POKE has come to my 
attention, from Kenny Ander- 
son of Dunfermline. Type POKE 
2339a,4 then FORMAT 'A; ' - this 
will result m a - 2A error mes- 
sage! 

The + 2As are on sale now - 

they are In SirKlair black (lather 

than the awful grey) , and hie va an 

M.RAMDISK 10 which you can 



ever - use Kobrahsolt's OSf 
package first to make a tiackupi 

DfCE also now handles CP/M 
format disks - including decod- 
ing disk vol ume name details, file 
passwords and user numbefs. 
and date and lime stamps The 
sector display now has an addi- 
tional mode, m which aH 512 
bytes are displayed at once, m 
ASCII only - thts is very useful 
wtken OKamining/recpvenng 
text -only files (or looking 
through adveftlufe programs, 
etc). 

Ftnalty . there is a new LOG 
function within the disk menu, 
This allow$ indtvidual sectors 1o 
be logged mto a list , the contents 
of which can i hen be writlwi to a 
new disk as a complete fite. Ttvs 
can, with care, allow a file to be 
recovered from a corrupted disk 
EVEN kf the directory has been 
destroyedf It tsonly really useful 
for text files, stnce you must tie 
able to recognise, tn order, the 
parts of I he file. 

DICE 15 now 1 3500 bytes long , 
ieaving lOK free for BASIC prog 
rams. Its price ts St 1 11 £12 95. and 
upgrades from Verswjn 1 cost 
E5.96. 



SAVE/LOAD all flies. unUke oldef 
+ 2 s. They cJo, however , ha ve aJ i 
the bu^s and expansion port 
incofttpatibtlities of the + 3 - ffi 
particular, the MGT PtusD wiW 
not worit wtthcHJt an extra inter- 
face, {»»tjrt^ £7,95. ( suggest 
lliat potential t23K purchasaFS 
hunt down tt>fl grey + Z -there is 
Irttte to recommefid in a + 3 with- 
out di»k drive! 

While on the subject o1 + 3 
buge, Kiorftn Wood haa sent in 
two more cuhosities, Wtien ttie 
'satill?' messa>ge appears, try 
pfeseing the EXTEND MODE 
key. then ENTER, Kieran also 
warns that entering very long 
(inee (of the order of one screen- 
ful) causes unpredictabfe cor- 
ruption ol the entered line, amd/ 
or the complete program ^ so be 
careful! There Js, of course, no 
warning issued by the ^jectrum 
of when ihhs will occur. 

By the way, ths cursor ieti bug 
{priming a cursor (eft code when 
the screen i$ already at top le^) 
will corrupi ALL Spectrun^is. not 
ji^the+3i 

TECH MAGS 

FIRST REVIEVmO in Issue 
^. I'm gted to see that the 
fifth issue of Spectrum Prog- 
rwnmerhsu reftpoixled to 
some of the Qornment* miM*e 
In CRASH. iOarwt Wood hn 
now mad* Iha tape magazine 
blHiKifithly, and Increased the 
price to £.iM. However, tie 
does afipear to have sofno 
Mllllm Cfl now . . , 

The Ifltoii iaaue offers more 
to the b » fliw n»r , including an 
■Mirevlated course on binary 
and hexadecimal, including 
fkHng calciilations in binarv - 
well worth underatandkig, as 
that is how your Spectrum 
does It. There !« also a list of 
Spectrum t>ugs (see 4 a sec- 
tion}, and a turtxi loader prog- 
ram from Mr Goodman, whteh 
CRASH Tach Tape owners wilt 
find of fittle use. 

Now on to another disk- 
tweed magaiine, OUR FT 
frpm Chezrpn Software, 605 
Loughborough Rd. BirstaJi, 
Leicester t-E4 4NJ. They have 
tMen a little upset alwut not 
being reviewed by C RASH - so 
i hope this pleases them . . . 

OUTLET is a very well -pre- 
sented magaiine for all 49IC/ 
1^K Spectrum own«fm. It is 
availetile on Opm or Disdpta/ 
Plus Ddiak, on two Microdrive 
cartridoes, or on tape. The 
cost is £2 per issue, if you sup- 
ply the dlsh/Mlcrodrkve media, 
or £3 5Q/ES.00 on Supplied 
disk/Microdrive. The ceesette 
vsrsion is £2.76. 



+3MASTERFILE 



HOSE OF you, like me, 
using an old "tfiKyMicro- 
dnve version of Masteft'le, may 
be interested in a program 
from Robert Oisttson o* 12 Cop- 
p^'ha Road. Blackt>eath, London 
SE3 9De, Send him a disk and 
C2.99 and you will receive a 
progrcim to transfer MastmfHe 
(incfuding data and report 
files) from tape to ■ 3 disk. 
Users of Maaterntm on Micro- 
drive w ili first need to save the 
program and data files to tape. 



OtmfTcontalns a wide 
verfety of generatfy eKcelteni 
content; ir>cluding roaders let- 
ter, hints/tips, medium length 
utility programs, mint-eratTMS 
(even the occasional adven- 
ture), reviews of commerciiat 
non-game software arKl hard- 
ware, and a monthly round-up 
of what the rival 'paper* 
magazines are prittting. There 
are aleo edvMts and ■ detailed 
••ctfon fdr Isea •Hparfanced 
Spectrum ueers. 

In the few issuMS sent for 
review I found many gems - a 
42/51 /e4 c ol u mn %ct^w\ print 
routine Cissue T), many new 
character fonts, a simple dis- 
assembler (Issue 13), details 
of connecting Microdrives 
h-om iCL's One- Per- Desk to • 
Spectrum's Interface One 
(Issue 14), There was also a 
Microdrhre exerciser program 
(S«ef Aeecue, In Issue 10} 
wtil<^fln<ls and ioclia out sus- 
pect sectors on a Microdrive - 
this program takes ages to 
run, but Isainiost hound to dis- 
cover any flaulta! 

There is also a full t>ack 
issue service from Chezron (Irt 
Which I noticed a fuH asaem' 
bter, Jackaatl, in Issue 10). 
Finally, aRshtank&mulation 
(TTwAnMCingArnoJ'din Issue 
10) would have keptme 
amused for hours, if it didn't 
keep crashing! 

Currently. Issue 1 5 offers a 
proportional tejit print f outine. 
a program to print aligrved 
decimal numt»ers.» a shopping 
ilst maker, an in-depth discus- 
sion of inten-upts on ttie Spec- 
trum . and Cf^dofi 's Cm&k (an 
•dventure). 

One minor niggle - the 
Microdrive version comes on 
two cartridges, and you are 
ahM^ays prompted for cartridge 
B, even if it Is the one that was 
Just wssd and so Is still in the 
drfvsi 

OtfTLET Is B good value 
disk-based magazine, well 
e«tsl>lished and witha reasonc 



Additionalfaci titles are added 
via lt»e User BASIC function, 
which calls up a new meoUn 
indiiding CATaioging, file 
ERASE and overfsy loading. 
Be warned, however, that very 
large d<itabases (30K or more 
approK) W4li not tK u&able with 
Robert's system of saving 
data on the R AMdrive - ttvough 
this does allow Masfsrfilg (o 
be RUN without losing any 
stored data (yes, thcfo really \% 
a use for the - 3 R AMdrive!). 



able readership (1 ^ or so at 
present, apparentfyj. Serious 
ttsers would do well to con- 
sider a discounted & or 1 2 
month suhscription ^at E1 1 or 
£21, if you suppiy the media - 
once a month or all at or>ce!). 




Coming soon to 0iis axcfting venue we have Arfisr // on 9ie Spae- 
tiwm * 3 and Ergo System's Clive^ Df iwe. Then ttiere's Cardev, the 
company that thought desktop publishing to the Spectrum (vta 
Wor^ Master, Heffdfinef and Typ^linar, see Issue 56), They've 
changed their name to PCG {sounds familiar) and now reaJde at 
61 School Sueei. Barrow- in-Fum«8S,Cumbfi<i LAU TEW, Tocet- 
atirate. they've sent me their IrtMt versions, including one for 
the Spectrum h 3, expect detaled le v tows soon^ 

As usual, the letters of praise — aa Well as pleas for expert 
■dv^ end hints/information - should l>e sent to ian Cuil, Tech 
Niche, CRASH. PO Box 10, LiJPLOW, Shropshire SVB 108. 

CRASH March 1989 57 





Due to more than popular demand MARK CASWELL, the man 
who was built to play arcade games, returns wrth the latest news 
and views on four arcade machines currently scoring high with 
the punters in Manchester. We've just despatched the portabte 
playtester down to the Arcad« Convention in London, so stay 
tuned for more news on that next month . . . 






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lay»r(i) ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ 
play. Obvlo^^^Hhe t^^^vRTo know 
th« Qpf)o«ing^lSm's p^^^li'd hffv« a 
mn^or sdvantags, sd 
anglMl to tialp prcvMit tt^ 

OnC*1h» ptoy* hfw* been decided, the 
disgram a e rMna vanlah to di&play your 
teram on tha pMch. The qu»rte^tuck onttia 
oflana twt— inftwn call > out ttw play and 
movB into formiition, Tlw 
to the quartertNick wtw 




Atari Games 

Ch«ek out the n«w Atari off aring 
ontWad Cyftartiaff. TtM year ia 2022. 
tha aport ia Amarican Football, and 
human piayacs haw baan raptacad by 
giant roboia, aech ood Awa ttaata tia alza 
of a man. 

Tha first ttring tfwl alrNiM you about 
Cy(MM>tanBlhacaainQ,«Mehliouaaanet 
ona biit two aafMrata acraana) Up to f o<jr 
playara can taka part t¥iro par acraon and 
taam. W you start akma, Knt playing tha 
ooflifMilar, friantfa can abll Joki in at any 
lima. As soon aa a team la cboaan toraaeh 
Bida than tha maciiantzad monstars 
thundar onto tha pitch, many with 




catafptKar tracks and k 
varstonoof NumbarFlvain &>oft Circuit, 
Knowladga of Amsffean Football km 
usaful, but things ara mada pratty obvkHis 
in play. 

Oamaplay iMgIn » when a pillar daposHs 
aglOialnabalallt^e fHty-yiBnl [In*, this 
than xooma imo ttw haiMlai^tha team on 
off anaiva play. Tha game p^M| for a tew 
aaoonda aa tfw playar ki o^^B of tt»a 
offanshra taam ch ooaaa NlHpi four 
plays (or plana) (faplayad Mv^g rams 
onscraan. (TlMNraaraonahundrsd in 
memory, but only thoaa onaonMn can ba 
chosen.) At the same time tha ^l|Mslng 



throwl 
his taam robots 1 
thaothartsam'al 
player must uaa I 
baatottMi 
-acconflngi 




a racaivar (ona of 
. Into 
The team's human 
to Itirow tha 
tha raoeiver will 
play. To 
tfw playar havkvg to rsi nembef thia 
it ia marlMd by a ij^a cufsor. n 
ttwrnpatvar gats tlwrs anflbllects (he 
b^^pu gat control of tha raCBiver who 
mustnm forward asfar as audible, K on* 
pMiyer I son tha offvnslvssl^Ks joystick 
than swtiohaa to oonirai owanLe receiver. 
If two ata ptaykig ona playar tdy ready in 
charge of tfM racalvar BO tha othai 
gata contrtri of anottiar robot to < 
'im«rf«renca\ stopping defenshra i _ 
tacki in cj tha facalvar. During this time tha 
defensive playar RttMl move tha rolxrt ha 
has control over Into a staal-cfunohing 
tackfo v/ith tha raoa^r. 
SoufKl, as with most Atari games is 
^ good, wftti nloa Jinglaa and tfta gruff 
t^MM lb votes of ttie auHrlartsAck fft- 1 6- 24 
hup, hup. I 

Amarksan f ir>uiuaii gr noi, ^yvcrvait is a 

tough and vary challanging game which 1 
racommand highly. 



I^QWER 
DRIFT 



Power Orfffia tha latasK^jnggama 
to appear from the Out Minr. 
A/tadMimer/T7}(indar 6/ada peopU 
Sega. (In feet, the pKOfkicera of i 
AnartNjmar, Activision, have chosen 
Povmr DrUt as (heir l»ig game tor next 
Christmas.) It follows Iha tlm«-honoiired 
tradition of zipping around e Iracfc bl a 
soi^ad-up vahk^a, dskirtg Kf a and iniifln 



58 CRASH March 19S9 




•Oflt* v«ry eight haifpin b«fMte (httpi 
wh*r«' • Itw bf«l(« p*dail7), and «if •gtfntt 
teamf cll— ttching of • t HafimfH^ 

liWutiaU ainonfi tM|^U||teMTt starw* 
«!«nn|b>9nfty of 



isafuTDeca 



C-J>{ 



f haps, bm no, tn thl« 



arwjthar F«^^^^ 

gaina you fl^V>rw tHiagy. Actually this 
!• imtty ysafUTDacausa your competiton 
am aofna of tha wortd's mo«i racklesd 
Mvan, looming paat a graat tpaad - *o 
itfvfving ccRUaJora ta vttai. 




^ba way tha road difw and dtVM 
>ofOutfh«i.«fMl 

(wnaitaxi 
Ic varakm (or awful if 
aatafBynch). R«lM) in third po««ap or 
I you'ra placad on ttw slpt)r>g 
liner for tha nait raca, «ail and it*a gaifia 

OVG 




HADOW 
WApRIOR 

T ' 




•cmo h ona of tha Bacood rartk of 

arcadamanulMlurara and I havant 
playvd many gamaa by them ..Judging 
tham by thia, thatr ob%. 'w^^ *^ 

, laMng riaka dava^Qpint} nofety- 

i^ctlva gMnaa. 

> |i < ot aaaa balac i la w awM ri n^ 
ortantai hMman on hoiday In IteliSA. 
Sadly, gawping at tha Emipira Ala 

lUnttaSatlona 




BuNding and touring 
buMIng lan*t anougih 



and tt>e/ra aoon fighting aaoh ottiar on 
Haw Yc<- k Ctty'a w o te rtoua l y bumpy 

roada^ Our h«ra ntnioji BooaBr notfrnm a 
puffofami "Kt, 

Tha atraals nro sirangviy sjioni a^ ygu 
9ta||^pf on your Wfling and thuntptng 



Cobra 

COMMAND 

Data East "^^ 

w 




I hy i« K that i||d|^Hfi« tjm* trouWa 
aaamatobafl^P by Middla East 
couTrtriaa? Cobrm Cmmwnd informi tha 
brava vohjntaar (yapfSiut yow mor»«y in 



i 




A aM dMnt youT) that an av« MkfcHa 
Eaat country callad Varaq haa davalopad 

Toatopthani 
ytKi oMmb fn your huah-hu4h 
vaapon, a choppar armad with 
unHmitad buiata and miiri^a. Guarding 
tha Varaqten aupar- w a a pon ara antt* 
aircraft guna^ h a Mo op t ara and )ata.AndH 
tha and of aach laiMl thara'a a aupar- 
baddla. Thara'a quita a way to go to raach 
%a aupar- waapon arxl if ] 
uS Qoy^mnwnl woutd rikalo apaak to 
you alwOriomawtiaf a callad Utiys. 

Cetra Cammmnd haa aoma Iwld, wall- 
drawn graphic* butthagamaplay is sadly 
lacking and I quicltly graw t>Qrad. In short, 
worth a faw tan paas to try, but don*t 
axpact to ba drawn tiacli too oftan. 



quaat, tmt you can iMt your laat yan tiiat H 
woni atay that way for h>ng. 

And aura anough, that Amia 
Schwananaggar-lookaiika with tha 
Friday Tha IMh frttfttmaafc lant on Ma 
w«y to ahaka ymr hand, wd hiNfMr la Ma 
Naandarthal friand. What do you maan. 
what ahouid you do? Flgtiftlt A quick praaa 
of tha action button aoon ftaa our haro 
kioidr>g and punoMng hia way ttirough, 
pcooucing a growtng naapor 
unoonadoua t »addi a* . In any sticky 
•Ituationa tha Jump button gata you 
aaBbiglfwough thaair Hkaaturbochargad 
Bnjca Laa. But if you praaa Jump whan 
atandlng tiak>w a aign, our attilath: frtand 
wHh laap up, grab K and atart kteiUng 
anamiaa in trua swaahbuckMng atyto. 

Bara flata artd faat arant aU you hava to 
datond youraalf wtth, Itiough. Aa you 
battia your way through Iha baddk-fMad 
(avaiathaoccaalonaiwa^: 'PP«*f/ 

but tttaaa muat t>a grabbva tivc^^iy 
bacau a a thay aoon dlaappa•}^ Bas»balt 
bata, otiaina and awords #1 add to yoiir 
ehanoaa of gattliiuuit or thia situation in 
ona placa, and If tSa you I'd taka any Hid 
t iialp I giipffnnd. 

OrBphlcaliy, Shadow IVarntof i» vary 
much i^iie Dragon Ninja. Qamoplay ifti 
vary almiiar, v^atch ttut for tlM 
on laiar levaia t>acauae thay coma at you 
(hicit and faat {» htand'a haip is slrongty 
adviaad hara). A* thay tay in tha TV 
adwarta, if a good . . . but not ttial good. 

CRASH March 1389 59 



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TRAVEL THE AGES 



AND WIN, WIN. WIN A 
SA TELLITE DISH AND 
TUNER!! 

RENEGADE 3 THE FINAL 
CHAPTER ^^>. 

follows in the beat-'em-up 

f ootst e p s of i ts meg a -s e I H ng \ 

pr&deces$ori, but adds a time- ^ ^ 

travelling scenario and severat tons 

of humour from a different ^ 

programmmg team. The full story is ^ 



m Previews, but needtess to say 

with such a potentially 
blockbusting game due out Ocean 
were eager to run a knockout 
(sof ry^ competition. 

The first I knew of this comp was 
when a large Sly Stallone lookaiike 
in combat rags burst into my broom 
cupboard one night. Being a brave 
sort of chap I instantly dived under 
the bedcovers, 

I peered out after about five 
minutes but he was still standing 
there, fingering the trigger of his 
submachine gun with what is 
known in the shouting-and-krlling- 
trade as a sneer on his face. 
Wordlessly he reached into a pocket 
and pulled out a piece of paper^thJs 
he handed to me and walked out. 
Of course, the CRASH lads didn't 
believe me when I told them the 
next morning, but I've still got the 
dents on my door where he kicked 
it in. 

When I finally read the piece of 
paper 1 discovered that Ocean were 
responsible for the walking 
mountain, promoting Renegade 3 
The Final Chapter. Being a kmd, 
generous (and chicken-hearted) 
fellow t followed the instructions 
on the letter to Ibe paper (or 
something like that), and am now 
proud to present the Renegade 3 - 
The Final Chapter competition {*** 



cue trumpet fanfare* *•). 

The amazing first prize is a 
satellite dt^h and tuner -so you can 
find out what all the hype *s about, 
and hopefully see RoboCop on 
Astra's Sky network before they 
make it subscriber-only. Second 
prize, for the next ten names out of 
the by now rather moth-eaten old 
hat, will be copies of Renegade 3 
The Fin^t Chapter, Operation Wolf, 
and Rambo /'/(all programmed by 
Andrew Deakin and Ivor Horn). 

How to win a priie: simply spot 
the FIVE differences between the 
two pictures below. Cut out the 
Picture B and send it. with your 
name and address, to . , . I WANT 
A HI-TECH WOK COMF, CRASH, 
PO Bqx 10* iUDLOW, Shropshire 
SYS 1DB, And send those entries in 
before April 3 or Mr Death Wish 
himself may pay you a vtsit. 



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Exolon7R-Type7Zynaps? Nah, it*s not 
any of them! 



Producer Grwrth* ^>P»«*o 
inasma power n .99 cam 

£12,99 dish 
/mart JobbM. B«mi and 
Bvnn 



1 



If you think GCSEs are a pain, 
spare a thought for the poor 
soldiafs who have to pass tf>e 
Sifbigem thr»e-phasd test of the 
Corps of Guardian Readers . . . 
er, I nrteeiv Warriors. Thia tost is 
one of lh« Nwdesi lt> ttw tmown 



a hMge alisn (drff ererrt for eacfi 
level) atiacks you and must be 
destro;^&d tq return to the 
Combat Zorte 

Wh^n both large altens have 
been eliminated (tf^ easy bit!), 
you may enter the third pod and 
the Flight Zon«. This is a 
hKJnzontality- SCrotlingi 
landscape, infested with small 
atiens. TT^ lu&ton pod at tf>e 
zone's end takes you to tfia 
Combat Zone of the next ten 



A t>l(crFTion 

punuit 
live up to its slick pfesentatton. 
Its appeal is also iikeiy to last, 
due to just the nghf levet of 



READY FUSION 



the b*He^ P*rt ot a valour wtih • wilk« •ti«n in 



difficijlty- ctiaiiefiiffng, bul not 
(qfutte] impossjtile. 

PWL aas 




• The best weapon is Ihe duet rockets 

• I n the Alien Zone, store up plesnu power when y«i can' t tiit 
ihe alien. 

• In itM eecood leve4*« Alien Zone Kiay at the tefi-hand aMe of 
tt>e screert end you should easiJy ovoid the f tretjAlls. 

• To hill ISiFge enclKif "level monsters, walk to the left,. Turn 
round afMJ fire a large plasma t»oft. Repeat this Siaque«Ke 
until the monslef is destroyed. 

Presentation is slick« the 
graptiics and animatior^ are 
good, while sound is just 
•dequate. Some ol ttie 
sprites in the corrdiai zones 

ore realty impresslwe, but 

require a lol of bashittg - and 
that's the main prol>lem, 
gsmeptay is just too difficult . 
As in ft'Type krwwing the 
attack waves el Ihe alienv i . 
vital, but fiete you h»vo io 
know them to such precis-ion 
the lun goes out ol the game 
Nevertheless, it 's better th n n 
Techno Cop. 

HtcK ao% 



THE ESSCHTIALS 



A The All»r^ Zofw with tht Mega^Alien leuiHhlng *n ind»»truttJble 



krfitn^ 



worm 



universe, and Gremlin want you 
topaj^for pfTvilege of sutterin^ rt. 

To start with, you bravely 
vertture on foot into ttw 
tKVizontalty- scrolling Combat 
Zone . As in R- Type your gun tras 
a power mete* - hold fire ctown 
to produce a giant plasma bolt, 
When aliens ore destroyed ttiey 
dif op globes which can t» 
coilecled for a points, a<}d-on 
weapons or eMtra jun^ power. 

Situated m the Combat Zorte 
are throe flashing Fusion Pods. 
Enter one ot the first two and the 
player is changed into a 

Ispaoeahip. transtarred to the 
ain0te^screen Ahen Zor>e Here^ 

62 CRASHyarcni^9 



leveia. 

Despfle similarities to tt>e 
brilliant R-Type^ Dark Fusion 
ir>corporates a more varied 
mixture of game styles. Ail ttie 
levels are quite cokxirful arvd 
Without much dash. The aliens 
are wetl drawn and animated, 
though not as impressive as 
those in R-Type. To deal with 
ttiem itiere's a variety of 
pCMerful weapons to t>6 
OOlectAd. KMing in interestrng 
sirategtc etemerrL Ingarrta 
sound ejects are Kmited. but 
ttwre's a good intro tune. 

Dark fusion is a fi'ne shoot- 
'em-up, wtthvarjodgamef^ lo 



■lADI/' ThlHtsavsry 
IVIMniXplayabte shoot- 
'em^up which taliM wHmmmMt 
from •everal sources to 
produce an interesting, weil- 
presented game. 
U nf orlu netely, ttl« variety of aM 
the different tayeli to 
uootlonaHy appreciated due 
to the ease with which games 
are cut too short (te, you die 
very quick lyt - Ed)> I diaaQree 
wfth Phit on this game, the 
gameplay is fruatratlnoiv hard 
artd pmctice doasn't help that 
much. For weM 'ard 
only. 

TT% 



Joystick t; Cursor, Kerr^jston. 

SnClaiT 

Graphic*; gerwr^ cofourlul 

Qtvi all wefl-drawn 

$ound: a decent 128K title tune, 

but onty Simple mgama blasting 

etiects 

OptkMtt; definable keys 

Qeneral rating: a htard, but 

interesting blend of game-styles 

which stiouid please 

gani^players who eat three 

Shredded Wheat 



Pre&entaHoTi 



83% 



Graphics 



79% 



Sound 



73% 



Ptayability 



82% 



AddictJve qualilieg 80% 

OVERALL 80% 



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The wQrtd Is undar tfeQ« 
from aliens, th«y Ungsr 
evefywheren coostanlly 
itiacking humans from thoJr 
ba$«b in SpectrumB, arcade 
machines and i^v^n PC Efigtn^. 
But programmBf Bob Morlock 
has cteokiad to stop them. He's 
pfogra/fvmd Captain Bbod. a 
hero bB$ad on him^lf . together 
with a starship. 

But wfien hAoiiock runis tti^s 
prDgrafn fM is transformed into 
Blood, and soon under attach 
from Spaca Invaders. A quick 
hyperspK* BMrm in ordor, but 
the drtva unit iralhjnctiona, 
creafinfl HiJrtv Blood clones, all 
with a portion of his vital fluids! 
So before taking on the aliens. 
Blood must first find all his 
ckyiM. When thte gamo starts 26 
have been found and absorbed. 
Whwiyou lake over Mortock's 
quest the first thing you notice is 
the axceilent pr«Mntatk>n, 
clearly inspired bf the mov>e 
A«(n. Opwating thi« 
biamachanic disolay is done by 
ualng Blood's hand to dick on 
jcona. Options includa looking at 
the plwiet's surface (to detect 
mi^ktsjl, blowing the ptanet up. 
hyperdriving to another planet, 
saving tr>e gam« or launching an 
Oorxx bto missile, In tf>e latter 
esse the player ts Blven toyatick 



c^PT^m 




aiiani wW ash you to do favoura 
for them, tice destroying oifier 
pJanets, or taking them 
soiDewhere, And with a 45-hour 
t^ne Hmft there's bts to do. 

White arcade fans will en)ov 
the planet <lai>dirig sequence, 
ttie icon tTommunication system 
IS likeiy to be frustratirvg 
Presentation 15 marvellcHis ar»d 
gtven more time to get into tt>e 
game I feel I could become really 
hooked- M yoij' ve the time arxJ 




4 Men-li)(e»l)«n talking about r 
taiks icons appear which, by 
pointing at them, are translated 
into words. You can reply by 
selecting icor^at the base of the 
3C/een, There is always an alien 
on rh© first planet, bul with tens 
of thousands of planets and or% 
a handful o( afiera. it's vital you 



«pf oduction and the planet Migrax 

m^l/ Ttw nrvt Ume I piayed Ma ma on the Atari ST and to 
n I wrVtell you the truth m» veraleo la not all that dWerent 
Sofiw of the adge haa bean tal(*n oft Itia graptiJica, but tha 
game'a 'fee^' tm» been perfectly traneleted Mtd ptoyabMhy 
ranmlna the aame. The Icon communlcalkm ay^enn I* a fart 
eirarvge though, wMi leede of tcona, one even rapceeantlno 
bananaal Thia la very olV^putllng at flrat but otto* you haw* 
learned the iMrak; icorui you can begin to speed thm ayatemup. 
Captailn Stood wtil wtttiout dMJbl taiia aome time to gat Into but 
if you Gmn peraeware H should be rewarding. 



control of the missile as it zooms 
acroaa a wireframe Larbd!K:ape 
towards a canyon. This is the 
only arcade sw;tion in tf>e game 
and is impressive. 

At the end of the canyon, an 
arttmated picture of the alien 
app««rs together wrth 3 scrolling 
strip of kxjns Wtven tf>e tften 



corrvbice the first alien to give 
you the coordinates of oth^ 
aJ lens. The bask: idea is ttnat you 
warp aroond the galancy, talking 
[ilians into giving you the 
locations of ti^w clones. Some 



BLOOD 
PRESSURE 

• Try to discover the loca- 
tions of 0I Iter aliens by aay* 
tr*g CODE INFORMATION 
HELP, 

• Save the game position 
regularty to maintain your 
progress. 

• N the p4anet lias defence mtsaHes, liy low or you'll be 

deatroyed. 
Captain Biood Js one of thCMe games you eiXher kwe or hate. 
Personally I like it. It you play it in the darti, you can reetty get 
into the unictue atmosphere of the game. The varalen w« 
pinyed was the - 3 disk g ame, and while apart from the music 
intro rt was just one loiad. I don't kfK>w how it'll be cramnned 
Into 48K machines. 

MARK TOS 



demanding game which 
deserves serious consJderatiK>n, 
PHIL 74% 

THE ESSENTIALS 

Joystlcka: Cursor. Kerrf^on. 

Sinciair 

Qraphlcs: weil-j^awn stalui 

panel and smooth wire-ffane 

planet landscapes 

Sound: fair : 28K nanditton of 

Jean-Michel Jane's title tuie, 

varied Ingama effects 

Oaoa** rurtJng: a oomptex and 

Innovative game 



Presentation 



82% 



Graphics 



78% 



Sound 



70% 



PI ay ability 



74% 



Addictive qualttiaa 73% 

OVERALL 76% 



CRASH March 1989 63 




Latex leaders fight tt out 



lA^hor w iiwi»ae»c»**_ 

If you're a regular watch&r of 
Spitting (rnag& you sJiouldn't 
be surprised by tfve game^ 
which has got soim great 
presentation but ~ like tfne 
show's |okes - is a littFe rough 
artpund the edges a/id lacking in 
originality. The bASic idea is ttiat 
in seven year's time WWII I will 
hkappen and alt the leaders are 
battling it out to be top dog. The 
alx contendei^ ate Ronnie 
RMgan (I'm right because 
Mancy says so), tfie Pope (1 'rti 
rigtii tiecause God tells me so}, 
the A/atollah Khomeini {arxi 
me), PW Bottia (we're right 
tieCBuse we're wtiitej, Mrs 
Thatcher fwe're right because 
we're r^ht' win<g) and, of Course, 
Gorbachev (1 know we're wrong, 
I kiiow). 

Portraits of these world 
leaders are arranged arourxl a 
picture of the world {complete 
witti burning fuse). You start tt>e 
game by pid<jng >Mtiic:h leaders 
are going to Tight it out next and 
itie 9Qcorxl leader you pick istt« 
one you control . The scene tfieo 
■witehes to a background 
appfopriate to one leader and 
combat begins. Now we ail kixiw 
wodd leaders r>ever engage in 
physical violence - they have 
armies and 01 i North for that - 



BURNING RUBBER { 

• stand on tt*e lelt>tuw»d 
edge of the screen And 
keep viirtq the special 
weapon. 

• At tt%e &ame ttme, keep calElns up your sktokick. 

• To defeat the last leader, just keep jig^lmg the joystick and 
pressing fire - you should win. 

S^rttir^ Image is one of those games that wtti obviously sell 
iMCKiae of ite fierne» which is fonunate tor Oomark, since 
there's little ether reason to buy U. As you can see from the 
tips gamepiay is repetitive eod Hewed. The besl pert of the 
game is undoubtedly the graphics - like so many other 
licen*ed games 

NICK ee% 



but hero they do, each wHh his 
or her own special move. Mrs T, 
for exampte, blow& cigar snxjke 
in her opponent's face, while 
Reagan head butts. You can 
also call in a friend wfK> will mn 
on to lob missiles at an 
opponent, Mrs TTtatcher uses 
Derus while the Pope tias his 
cardinals. On 128K machines 
it's all one load, on 48K 
machines leaders must be 
loaded indivkiuailY. 

Oftce a leader hias been 
beaten five Hmes he's out of 
contention for 'leader of a 
thermonuclear pile of dust'. If 
your leader survives you can 
then pick another two leaders to 
tango together. When all of them 

THE ESSENTUUA 

Joysticks: Cursor, Kempston, Sinclaif 

Graphic*; beautiful trtle screen and some easily reco^iisable 

ingame characters 

SoiimJ: great title tune but only simple bashing, ingan^ effects 

OpthMia: defin^ie keys. Otoose which leader you play 

Oenerel rating: disappoirrting after the hllaiioua TV series 

▼ Tha caricature graphics are gfeirt< gamcplay Itn't 



have t>een beaten the tights go 
out and you take on a mystery 
guest. 

Ttw identity of this nfrystery 
guest isn't ail that hard to 
discover, I've finished the ganw 
quite a few times and wasn't too 
inr^preesed by its difficulty, What 
did impress me was the quality 
of the graphics which amusingty 
recreate the puppet caricatures 
ined in the TV show . Sound isn ' I 
too bad either. The humorous 
effect soor> wears off, howevef, 
when you've got to struggie with 
a slu^ish control response. In 
two-player rrKXhe it's obviously 
n-Hxefun. but har(0y enough to 
Justify purct^ase If you* ve got any 
other kind of two-ptayer boat- 
'em-upgame. 



TTwsJxworhlk 
ir* exceltemty 
drawn, with presentation to 
matah. Sacfly, the gamaplity la 
tar tpo ewy t9 ma*ter. Once 
t!he best tBctl(» are 
dlK^iwred, completfofi 
bttcorrkfts a mere formally by 
repeated u«e ef orw move. 
Even KinoHng this problem, 
I'm disappoinitecl that more 
Imagination waan^ used for 
Mtch vn intrlguine Iteer^ca. 
SpfWnff /me^gA ia Juct a 
mediocre beat- 'em-up which 
k>o4ui far better than It ptays. 




TTTYTTT 



Pmsantation 



76% 



Graphicg 



75% 



Sound 



77% 



Playabtllty 



62% 



Addictive quatltiea 57% 

OVERALL 64% 



Pf ociucef Mafcounw Hwaa 
Giossy packSQtflfl costs ea-W 
cm 



he Federation Star Fleet 
has been reduced to debrrs 
arKi once again the ianh 
lies ai the mercy of an 
snocmously powerful alien 
Sfiace$hip. 'Bui why'" you may 
well wonder . wh at have we dorw 
that makes everyorw hate us. 
Well. Ill tell you. it's because 
we're stupid. Just look at this 
game. Ortgmalty a mediocre, 
rather sluggish Ift-brt arcade 
adventure, remarkable only for 
its grap,hics, now it's been 
converted to the Spectojm to 
become even more m^diocre. 

The hero wtio can save Earth 
(but really shouldn't J, is Drak, 
He's the last of soma 
Superwamors called 
Oblilerators Vou lake control 
aher tie's been beamed aboard 
the alien ship with only aptstot tq 
defend himself. Th*' ' /s 

tasks lo complete aur 

key pans of the stiip. then nick 
something to activate tt>e 
escape shuttle before the ship 
exptodes. 



Producer USGald 

Apparently The Deep is a 
txjnveniion from a co^-op, 
In which case a) an ok} one, 
or bji one that bomtwd (or 
possibly both), In it you Ye the 
skipper ol a ship urrder attack 
from squid, jellyfish and octopi, 
rxJt to mention enemy 
sutimahnes taunching mines 
and homing torpedoes. 

For defensive reasons onty, of 
course, you have eight depth 
charges automatically, sfowty 
replaced after use. Blast erKXjgh 
enemies and a flag will float to 
the surface, colled it and s 
helk»ptar rushes to the »:ene. 
Tt>ere are five types of flag 
providing diving bells, homing 
missjles, speed-up. smart 
bombs and energy tiombs. 

Once enough enemies have 
been destroyed a small icon 
flashes at the bottom of the 
ocean and pressjing ENTER 
tums your ship into a diving bell. 
You must then dive, dive, diva', 
coUect the icon and return to the 
surface to go on tottie neitt level. 
There are three levels of mine- 
dropping lun (mind- dropping?] 
before ttve t>onus stages. In the 
first bonus stage a large ship is 
heading towards you at full 



64 CRASH March 1989 



as 



Obliteraimg 
without a blitter 

Drak car be moved left and 
rtghl in th>e conventional mannet 
or, by movumg the higWigMed 
cursor akmg icon* art tlie foot o* 
ihe saeen, do fnore complex 
things like lumping, rolling over, 
etc Pressing spacf sttows 
weapons collected, 
compofwnts half -inched, shfeld 
level and score- 
Needless 10 say the spaceship 
IS padied mth aliens and 
^itorrukted defefice systerr^s. 
Success depondis on selecting 
the right combtnaiKsn of icorvs so 
you rnighl, for eKBm>ple, riMi, 
guimp, roll over ar»d ^oot. On tf>e 
1 6-bitt machtn^ the slowness of 
Ihmgs allowed ymi lo admire the 
graphics, here ihey onty serve to 
Jrrilate The graphics aren't had. 
tJut neither are they good 
enough to make up tor 
Irustretirtg gamaplay . The Icorv 
control system, for example, 
aiJows a wide- range of moves 
tJul m hghi siluaJJons is too 
avv>(ward This doesr^'t spoil play 
altogether, but II yoti hoveiritle 
patience, I'd advise you to give 
06/frerafora miss 

PHIL eo% 



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A Disk in a Quick draw contest with alien fiend 

il A n 1/ Despite what Phil says 1 think thl9 is a pretty good 

Ifl M n l\gam 9 . J tnai ly enj gyed u*»ng (he icons to put together 
some complex moves. Orak is nicely animated, the backdrops 
are good aod eoefTiies colourful. The laSK tuno ts jicceplable 
and while I didn't find it as playable as SartArMn, Otmmrator is 
wot^ a k^ok. 



THE ESSENTIALS 

Jovittiok*: Cursor, Kempsior>. 

Sinclair 

Qra^kS: nr,ik*5 many 

nrovem-p' '<ll animated 

Sound: a ill i.>bpr tunc 128K 

Irtgarrte tune 

Qenwal rating: it's alt down to 

personal taste, but patient 

players will enjoy it more than 

others 



Presentation 



74% 



m% 



Graphjcs 76% 

Sound 80% 

Ptayabiilty 68% 

Addictive qualities 65% 

OVERALL 70% 




R&lax Oft a leisurety crvis^ {missile} 



,\ B V>VltC*C««« 




A Th9*# f^rmuf Ircadi maktri WDodpllc* the giv^ th* Spt^cy • 
history Itijon 



DUII Thi« l« one of the 

looking full -price game* I've 
seen for egea. Sprktm vre 
simply animated, while colour 
la used In targe block i causing 
m uch attrlbuie da ah. Worst of 
ail, co(Hsk>n dat»ctJ>on ia very 
dodgy <> Ht aeemt to be 
character block instead of 
pixel. Sound Is pathetic as 
wetl. The one profeaalonat 
technical aspect Is the smooth 
horlBontaJ scrolling of Itka 
welkdrawn Iwckground. Even 
so, this Is a strangely 
comput*h«« gsrr>t, prov^ 
simple ideas are often beat 
Bettar prsaentsbon, fsstar 
action end a lower pdce tag 
couldVt made a Nawed game 
good. 

S2% 



steam, your must destroy it with 
energy bombs. Succeed arxj 
you are then placed in a Mi^M 
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StMrring in their very own game. This is th« second eggy 
adventure from Code Masters with my male Oizzy in it. 
Called Treasare IsfanaDtzjy it i^ (surpf is«. surprise] set on 
sn island fuM of hidden treasurff. 

Oixzy booked himself or* a round-the-wortct cruis* but 
somehow ended up m a spot of bother with (he captain. 
Long John Silver. All his fellow passengers turned out to 
be pirates and he was in a right pickte (you could say he 
was a pickled egg!}. He ended up walking the plank but 
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end cute little rolls. It's this cuteness coupled with the 
playabtlity thai makes it so addictive. The puzzles in the 
game are just a1 the right difficulty level but tHere is one 
aspect thai I found annoying, you only get one life! Poor 
Dizzy can be going along nicely and if he just puts one foot 
wrong - he's omelette. 

There are two ways to complete the game. One is to coF* 
lect all the gold coins (some are really well hidden), and 
the other is to find some way off the island and back to the 
friendly Yolkf oik. Either way I guarantee you will get hours 
of fun out of this game, a must for everyone's software 
collection. 



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colour options to try but they are 
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ttyonCfdt}t\mw. Tber« ju^ i*n1 
arviugih m ttvis game to keep ma 
occupied for lartg and 1 don't 
rw^mmond it untess ytMj ara a 
haniened Code Masters fan. 

What, another Code Maataia 
BMX game?! Yes, Tm airaid ao. 
Tne programmer that brought 
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ry<l»(X%}, (I'lagrMt improve- 
mant on the ortginal BMX game 
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aaan of tfiein); weB'KMIned 
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aactians wrth the umaI (oily 
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The only problam Is ttwt it's 
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'St section (wheebes). t dkl 
II Qjyat. only to loui up ar«d 
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Darts Championship Jocky Wn- 
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ir^. set in the jungles Ol Atnca. 
If your Spectrum days go back a 

'ijra 
LOiCs U! fMjtugni, Attu irifo 
Africa is very simitar in look and 
feel to ttwt The control method 
is the first thing ttiat Nts you. kx 
some strange reaaon tt has only 
tlvae keys to select a whoie host 
of optkma making it siltfitty 
difficutL The ipune Hsen shoukl 
provide hours of play for advan* 
ture far^s with forty controOable 
characters, eipht radk> 
operators and smessive land- 
sci^M to eicpkire 

CRASH March 1989 6 




The oftgina) Afsf>an gatm, 
an enjoyable mix of 
strategy and arcade action, 
is now bundled with its sequel, 
never previously reieasad on ifie 
Spectrum. Adept is the most 
complex by fa/. The game 
begirt with each pJ&yef 
{conipvtef Of human) anried wrth 
four adepta- These can be 
moved to practicalty anywtief e 
on the board dunn^ a players' 
turn. Adapts can also create 
other crarturaa wtik^ can be 
mowed arourid the board, tjut 
onfy iri the sediorts in whKh 
they're created. There are foor 
btt^ sections; fire, water, air 
ipnd earth p4u$ two vo<d ^ectione. 
One way to win m tof a player 
tooccufsyarfSDc power ^Quares. 
Four of those are constarrtty 
moving through the four 
elementaJ sectkJrrs, while ttie 
remaining two are static in the 
V04d sections. Another way to 
win is destroy ali the opposing 
player's Adepts - surviving 
created creatures disappear 
with ttM iast Adept To destroy 
an Adept , or any other creatures , 
a playfif must move one of his 
own creatures onto the target 
creature's square. The screen 
then switches to a Battleground 
display with the two joystick' 
controlled combatants aJorw, 
with jiList a few obstacleis. 
Creatures have dttferent attack 
patterns: Adepts fire missiles 
guided by the joystick, the 
Firebird emits alethol force- field 
around itself; Wraiths are 
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aitlach or play against the 



Underneath tfre Archons 



wthd^m flpeii |MW«r, other 
magic Indudea curing half of a 
wounded creature's mjunes, 
weakening an enemy creature. 




computer. Each side tias 
ditferanl characters. 

It is at so possible t o win by an 
ApocaJypee battle Trits pus two 
Adepts against each other, 
winner-tak«-alL The ApocalypM 
spell IS acoened by clicking ^ 
twice on an Adept given 



MYSTICAL TIPS 

• QuJcklY occupy a Void 
s<|uere with an Adapt ^ m 
created creatures can be 
seM agoimt Ihefn there g« 

they're the parfect last 
drtch defence. 

• Since Power Points move 
through all the elemental 
bands you should cortc«n- 
traie your attack on just 
onabartd. 

• fgrK>re the Apoca^se 
Spetl, about the only time 



you're winmns ana aif k 'ono-awjiwd j,,>. " 

does it ovef> the odds. ' *>^*ntd Afghan sequel 

• The Siren Is most ettective in the elemental bands with 
moat obstructions as tti«se block missiles while it sin^s Ha 
deadly song. 



mprisoning a creatuns, 
releaskig a cr^ture and 
banishing a creature. 

Sadly, all these added 
complexttias diminish rattier 
than jmprove ^ameplay. The 
ability to win by Apocalypse, or 
by simply destroying all the 
opponent ' s Adepts, make some 
very fast garnes possible - 
elimtnating the need for strategy. 
Playing to win by occupying 
power squares Is not much 
better, sines Adepts are so 
crucial their battles are far more 
mportant thart others. Another 
drawback is control, which 
allows one pJaye^ to use a 
Sinclair port but forces the other 
to use the keyt>oard f3. 4. A. O 
and Caps Shift or 9. N. L, P and 
Symbol Shift), By comparraon 
graphics and sound are effective 



DUN >f^^l>*Mn*«bli 
r n I Lconfualny et Ibvt, 
dont worry* persevere a btt 
wrtth the allm Instrucbon 

(end inforrnotrve inlay 
card} and h all mak&s s«nse- In 
fact my main fear about Atlapt 
li that it might be a bit too 
simple for much }ong-tafm 

Ttie original game kt 
less complex but relies lest on 
luck. ArKJ as with mo«t 
•trategy-baaed ganwa. Hie 
twO-pUlyar mwie prgvitfwitw 
moot tun, 

and even good - for a strBtegy 
game. The original game [even 
without a SItk^ option) is 
much better - ft got 1^% way 
back in Issue 1 8- The sequel is 
marked below on its own, so 
readers without the original 
Should add some rnarks, both 
for the originaJ game and overall 
value for mortoy. 

•tuaut 7o% 



THE ESSENTIALS 

Joyaticka: Cursor. Kempston, 

Sindak 

Graphics: the far'fsc^pe ia 

blocky, but the small sprites afe 

weli'Bnimated 

Sound: various simple 4&K firing 

ar>d moving eff acta 

Optiofta: four skia levete 

(Qerierai raMng: games mi>(ing 

strategy and arcade skills are 

few and far between, so two tor 

the price of one can't be a bad 

de^ 



Presentation 



66% 



Graphics 



66% 



Sound 



36% 



Playablltty 



72% 



Addictive quaimea 73% 

OVERALL 72% 



70 CRASH March 1989 




PCLEPiAYiN Ga 



HEROES OF THE LANCE _ 

Caiton Press: US GoltJ/TSR/SSI ||F i^ 

Magi: Alan Bridge man. Matt Ellis, Craham LWIey. Teroman Irmak. 

Anlhofiy Scott 
&Hd^ £999 Cassette. £14.99 Disk 



After having ptayed - 
and finished - l/cf«j 
Of The i^tice on 
both the HT and tVic 
Aniij;a, I laokrd 
forward lo (he releaK of the 
Spectrum vcj^ioas with a liltlc 
apprehension. On receiving the 
gdmc 1 wa$ pleas^'d ihai the 
supxrh packaging, at Ica^l, was 
idcnticaL a supeThty-illuslralcd 
Wx <irt{J a well-writ I en. 25-pagc 
rul«h<Mik. Bui ui\c addition > a 
irt^uNe-slMxiting ^uide. ^wn 
proved essenlial when ihe %f\mt 
(Ta^cd four limes! With lwt> 
lape» of data to fuggic I hegan id 
feel my fear^ were about to be 
coniirmcd. 

However, once the ganw 
jictualiy loaded I wii.!i plea.siint]y 
iUrpfiMsd The opening <ri:reen^, 
wiih pictures of all the game's 
ch^rjclen>. were great and 
tctompanied by some alniml 
liypn<ilic muiiic, perfectly set the 
scene ffu adventuring. 

The game proper staru wiili ^i 
unallifK bul well-deiailed 
character «taiulittg \n a dungeon 
You control him with a jos'MK'k. 
f 



Disks Of Mishakal. Only by 



are kept, Ihcy will fiilt luve lu gel 
,pB!$t Kiftlhaath - a gjant BlacV 
Dragon, who sprayx lethal actd 
at all and liundry She can only he 
killed in a special way - which 
you have lo discover on your 
travels . 

Bach of the adventtirers you 
control are depicted at the 
bottom of youi screen via grey 
portroils, each with a small 
v«iticiU bit &howit)g their health . 



combat and, if you »urvf¥e long 
enough, discovering objects !iuch 
as magical rings, superpower 
tsplions and Gems wh tch provoke 
unexpected rcsponscjs frmn 
various monster*. 

The graphics depicting the 
dungeon and the monvtcrs arc 
quite welt pul together - the 
programtners have utilised 
shading wherever possible - bul 
they are by no means the bc^l T*vc 




A EdTtting demons to stop the «vll queen Takhtsii 



queen Takhisis creating the most 
evil empire in ail eternity. 

Of courve, the Diiiks are not 
just lying there waiting for your 
group of heroes lo cr;isp them in 




Down in the dungeons with one character sedty deceaud 



and also the affscrecn thjr.iLtef. 
he tcpfcwnts - Tarns, k^iistlin. 
Rmt, Slurm. Ta-iSichoff. 
Caramon. Rivcrwmd and 
Goldmoon. 

Your mission is lo guide ihese 
brave adveniurcrs ihrough I his 
evtl-kK^ing dungeon itnd ohtam 
a Ml of My item* called The 



their stteky little maulers. The 
I>iskv mc actively and 
jiriifi''-.i 'hmMv guarded by «tch 
r ^[lectral Minions, 

Ui.E<...-...,>..^ hoDsandhatchJing 
dragons - to name but a few 

Even if your brave band 
manage to get into the 
mysterious place where the Disks 



Death isn't too much of a 
frightening ihing though, not 
when you have got someone like 
Goldmoon in the party. She has 
a magica! staff which, if used 
correctly, will bring back lo ttfc 
any deceased character. She can 
also pcrfofin eight other divine 
miradcii, st^h as heating your 
party's wounds to fH'Oted you 
from your evil opponents. 

Mind you, Raisilin isnoskxich 
cither an he has a magic staff. He 
can cast eight spells which can do 
J ii vising from entangling an 
ispp^menl in a spider's wch to 
merely putting them to sleep. 
While lacking such powers the 
rest of your party are great at 
Aghting and dctccii 

Combat plays a n of 

the game and is de^i sing 

the jovstjck Spclb, liing 

up objects, arc acco>..^ J by 

calling up menus and Hipf^ing 
through them with the pysiick 
One of the most useful options is 
save game. 

While enploring the dungeon, 
entrances and exits are indicated 
by a flashing compass. EsEploring 
them ineviiablv rci^ults in tots of 



ever seen An the Spectrum. This 
said, after giving Htro^s a 
thorough play, I found my 
original apprehension tirgely 
dispelled. Apan from a few 
loadmg problems, coupled with 
the reluctance of Goldmoon and 
Raisdin to cast certain spelts in 
otie or two life-or-death 
situations. Ihe ^me ha^ been 
converted in a very acceptable 
fashion and is well worth 
spending your hard-camcd 
(speak for yourself - Nick)' &sh 
on. 



P T B MOtal iOil B8% 

A raitit-lootiJnQ bent and a rutedcMik wtMA 
II Doth uifomiative m^ w«l-praHMMJ 

eraplilcs 74% 

JlliiKtw, iroraEtvomaic giljhtcs but 

not much wWy 

Soynd 50% 

Wia inlro. M not mtiCti Inoamt i 

PIsyibJItty 

Onc« loatM rt all play^ vw> wbI Mtad 

OffifUU B3% 

A great conversion of an 
interesting and enjoyable fantasy 
roleplayer 

CRASH f^arch t989 71 




ANCiENT BATTLES 



CCS 
AulfHr:RTSmift 
Pitca: £14.95 

olwrt T Srnttfi tm bwome 
i muhiyy (SQond (or WWI 

KtWtt^fn/wtit, OntfT 
ml Mifcan Om wdnl 

HDMvtr, for hii Mttt Q8ITNI hB's ponB 
MWfil e«ntuittt to rectBSfie epic 
bsMn Dt Iht siciAnt wofHi Mow you 
dM t^ Into Sw nnilifi of 
commsndsfs Hht 
Alsxindir IhB GfMt, tf MMiMNi BM 
Hun. 
Tm topfls n pmint In Iha gbsiy^ 
bo)t Tlnn contain 
SdhKlton and BitBi 
(mgiwiQ Ibr 4aK macNnet, a 1 2SK 
progrwn incorpontlng both oC thaw, 
•ntf tour «#• acenirloi. A flitti 

ihe gwne. wMe Sw exm lirge CWom 
Kanaito only worts on t^K 



i ]pDu dofi't fancy flna of ttii ptvin 
acwartWt Vw eN)hlMM Sttactton 
progrHrn llOM you to S0t 19 your own 
bitllKi ^Ikm' Rliout tfllStos vanut 
Huns?!), ilny 0r ol 24 fiMiont can bt 
ptttod igatRSI each oOiai, Some 



nnoni' mo iwn t numow oi aniHeB 
pMony V maivM ngmnsm ptnami 
cannpatansi te choost tnm 

tlia size ot the biaaie Is ^SQ MrtaMe. 
The vnaOMt ailOM each army 750 
tffrt pobib wtth wdlch to 'tHiy' 
MMduai untHi wANe De 'unHntited' 
Qptton aiMa torapto batOaiiNtm a 
tobi ol up to 136 unib C2&4 on tzSK 
machtoea). 

Only unm aispicable to tte ch(rs«n 
(ttflon can be latiGM, eg an Indian 
anny hM iGCisa to 
Seiacion of MhMfll unitm atoo MM 
artlral)^ Itii — nMmuni intf nwdmutn 
iMMniMft tor aadi tfpt 01 unit an sat, 
UjMna inciuda wrioua iom of 
Infantry, cavDry. apaafflwi and 
chailota. 

^di ol Ifia Itve gNwi scansnoa has 
JH WMi niip, dul tof uiaf-daflnad 
bMBii, a Map Oaat|inar ojilton allows 
uaarHdeOnadfliape. 

Orca Via baHaiaaet-up. uiM inust 
ba dafitoyad near tta rslevani adgm of 
iii map. jHu, If an anny has mofiE 
Vian ona ganantt aadt unit inusi be 
aHocaled to fw cxMrvnand of (sik of 
fltam. TTiia ^ Importer, as <)urtng piay 
aadi gmarai car wily mm a ImtMS 
number of onlars to his units. 



Selecting Attila Th« I4un'f Huru 



To aaM Iha Imfl'-consumlng 
busiest of manual doptcfyment an 
auto daptoynwvt opitan may be 
ttaaan. But flrtt, a baHatiian must t»e 
choBBn. Left centoal and riyhlsacliofis 
of the army can eHhar charge, adranca 
or defend. 

Control of mA anny may be by 
pfayer, Gompular or atared baiwean 
the two. TNi Moptfon aHowa I piayar 
to control Iha commandar-ltHcliiar^ 
gntlB, MriiHa iti« computor contrail 



T During ■ fierce turtle one cowardly unit breakt end runs for home 











m(i 






nayart tifct It In itm \o qivs orders. 
A curaor la uaad to solect a unti wtiidi 
can Hwi wwm Da oroareii n mow 
KiwarDB a curati-VBi oassmoii. 
Hmi«w« »ch injMdiiaJ movemiiit 
ontor fapart Imm units Jmrnacttataly 
adiaoeni to a evwaQ una up Intitad 
order poMla tor aach general So u 
move ynNi an maaae, a urnt can be 
ordered to toiow anoBwr. Apart from 
baing riaHflic, ttw Hmttad riutBber of 
indhiMual ordvs makes for fluent play 



01 nail Or ana wnon iin nauia lara 

lar Itom their ganeral any out Mr 
ordeis, 

(Miar optfons tor a seiectod urtf n 
a npoft on iiw Laitfa attributaa 
(todwSrv alranQlt (nuntMrilf, monta 
tM lattflue), vid G tor 6<nm el a 
genarti - Mh can ba In ttie sama 
apace ThtelsflwQniytormofalaGtonQ 
pemutted - normal units may noi 
occupy ^e am* ipacs. 

Dnca both armlat' ordatt tiave been 
giwan, ihnultanaouiniowmaiftoil untta 
trim ptooa. Shootno Mut Im^to- 
tvnd ooniit Cian Ma pfaca. IMto 
automaMcally lire al Vw nearaai enemy 
unit Hand to-hand contat H atoo 
automatic betwaan adHaEWl urrito. 

After comiiat. aoma unito tMf 
ratal or ev«n b« routml ff they I«n 
aartoua bsaaa. RoibnQ unfls da nM 
d t aap pea r . bd Instead change coiour 
ind Bfad u ai iy movt towards iha ddoa 
of lie map. Ai no Stacking oit untta to 
a towa d . ttwy ateterxi ed reaiiTticiiy 
'ctog tto' tie baitcteftato. Doiiitg 
flwprHm unis may even nmfiiB naK 



72 CRASH Marcli19§9 



mm troops 

use and nuhn^ very fluem, so yMf 
alKnidn't twi to wtfl tw long for > 
hufiMn oppOMnl to nwkB his moWi 
Dnpjlf Hi anvHcity. tht nnJts of 
combfll i)i|Mnd wi i torpi nuntbei' of 
atmemt. Rw mttnei, vh wcMiNXMi 
thtf • tnM w« <ari tMn mm Into 



iocount wMBiir Dflw HlHidy yniti 
cwbcnwrDUtino- 

Aietanf Sflitliw i» a rntsiaipltn of 
firoominiirtQ wHh i ividi rttiQO ttf 
opttoift M uwH wMi HT Smith's 

ffnM*) lii QMW n flCCOmpinna Dy 8 

oomprihins^ ruMNnh and ano9«r 
iiooMiQl oonbiMng Nitorlcil iniIbb on 
■ii ifw Bcwrios and irnilK pfoom, 

1 11*1 ^ II h in Tihtr illi il i i H i if - Mau* 

NnnOugn QrllinKMy Mff^HBOC Sn 

ladting ttie complst (wdv fyvtem of 
RT Smttfi's provtotB ^mn, pHfinp 
vniiis ol yoiif »vt> d^oioe agiktsitidi 
ottMT IS a lucMfflng aapBrienciiifid ■ 
graat wsy to team ■ btt of vwlent 



htstary tt KM 8HMI ttnft. ¥dt mons 
good news te ttiaf th« w8»r is 
(ttanntng to lirodueti i seCfudi, 
(ncorpDralJno airnles troni 500-1200 
AD. 



93% 

m larp gi«^ tWK - iMiaT 01 Fny 
viwont - corMra a imlO) of 

QrapMn 60% 

Vtsufliy u niny w ii i aptgjiff. twr dhe 
wit Isf^n Mt nMy ifaUnQuiiiM 
Rlll«s 88% 

Ml Kpects of pteyand siieaionara 

doalyviplaingd 



Titt iknpie ordw n«tmt iMW It wy 
My Q on mp, wom iw maigK 

QVERAU 93% 

A lascinating and realists; 
wargame, otf&r^ng greal scofie 
for designing new batOes 




ffrat 
JRR 



ly^ff IN MIDDLB EARTH 

Produ««rr Metboume House 

AutfKrr: OesiQn by Alan Clark and Bob Clardy, programming by Mito 
Singteton 

eltiowTM Houaia's 

ijvra tnnd on 

loatiiRs ncnon 

onaoflhemoitpopylBr 

advfiiTttifes ever, and a 
cnBBiC{jiconpuai9flanw. TrMrawW' 
up to T7M AbMn was aonwtMng of a 
Sl«e|3«f,<l«4)ltt TTwtcnf or^fiSngs 
gHtktg 9 DMI Of 1 in tsstie 2€^ For their 
wao lORoeii giine ma juiimib nouae 
hjB c hwiqwt gwfes and pnxtoe«d a 
rintofly flams. The gatni li bnad on 
iWBnlsdaliil8dlnri3Min*storif(]!rmr 
fi^ifftJito^. You ptsf Vw ipflftof Fnido 



and QBW iMfli to His toMdon ot Wt 
Bim, Qmnm and Hmmrn. Onee 
tiisas itnga ottb ptacsd on Vn Angan 
of 9m racipia nl s . itwy came viderfie 
power d The Orw Rtng. 

Due to a tong ttvM til eventi. iw 
ring has Rxne Into your fHffib and you 
muei (Settoy N by dn^ppino H in a 
vokwo gNiatad h Iha middlB of 
Sawon't «vu mim So you niu$t 
nNVtof your traopa and htonde to 
dIspoMtf (toevi afMtct 

Wun ItM pifne is knded you an 
presented wHli i imp df ai 0)c loiMn 




Hob*??? 
ojtiQ to Pit/ei^^eLl 
oriet>l>cit Eoe^q^t ic^ 

Not Sf hoijq. 



4 l^ep^ring yoHur forc« for th« onslaute^t of Sfturofi'f WBrrkMrs 



de^M v4«w. Hw* you can see wiMi 
unilts of troops and wt^ hitivlduats 
are hanging eraund. Friendly persyinei 
are (fiapteyad aa MaMs and tt li 
p o ei Wi e for a larQi flfOMp of both 
IfldMduata and unfla to be pment In 
the same location, 

You can find out fyi dstaie el who 
Is to thM gnup - oMd a Msclt ~ by 
aoeeaelng your controls again. Hen 
you era giMn a futl mndown of yaw 
torces on a group tiy gnxjp, or 
indMduil 1^ MMduel. basis TtHs 
dstoSi Include such bmc InforrnatHin 
8s name and conurandar, as wei as 
Energy, Oetefmiiialien, gi ea dtastn a jg 
and Virtue. Tha ievet ot these fadm 
(toddes how wdl your krcea move, 
flgfitandrenalnloyvl, 

If yw pi«» your trt buQon Ma 
ytt) DbWn a suh-fnem wtti tour 
oontmaods TTtis enatiles you to »l!lwr 
set a epectftc destinaAlon tor your 
btnps, ontor one grotto ^ tokwv 
anolhef, loin your untie togetfier or 
ntom to Hw ntato mm. 
_ , 1 




*|Hanc3ls 



1* w * ^ ,■ 







4 M^> of all MIddfcEirth together wfthoptkini 



It* Hodbii wlw hv taceniiy Mittitod 
The One Ring Irmi Na uncto fiMxi 
Bmglni. TNs ring is the moct poiwlul 
ew megK tieni ai naSBncs ana ims 
cmtod by the evM neoronwKsr 
Siuroii. 
Saunm made 19 ctfw such rini^ 



tande to MUdto Eva to the centre of 
the ntop Is a gwiABnad hand and to 
Bit Ml an OYte niminanl opdone; 
RIt, Meiito and Tkm. 
You corfbol the gauntiei vie dtner 

M,m 1 1 ■■Jill will «kr MiM ka^^d#J# — .^H ^* 

na nynoara or sn juyauiA ano oy 
pwai n g lirionthe map jnufiita more 



OnoB you hsw ginn 0)em your 
orders you rebm to toe meto imp. 
Here you can oMw ohooea Rto tscva 
flw gsma and eel vartom opftms), 
Menw (^tatft of ft« OHM Mo) or Time 
(wiHdi sett he game to action and 
mala yor tnjops Obey your preset 



orders). 

The aim is to move your bDOps to 
stretogic fofts, casHes and the Re so 
ihqi're not decimatod by Sum's 
fcnas. WHwi Sauron's boope aAdi 
youFSi tfn game tone \s stop pe d agito' 
{as you rnate your onten) and toe 
B0aen dtopiaya Bw casiipalgn map 
a pair of croosd swfoidt 



The flsme then mom ow to a 
apadal combat so'san depictkig every 
penon in na Dtm. aousrs are 
represemod by imal, animatod flgtna 
and youcanacroHaQomhebeOettold 
toieelhemal. 

You ram eantrd indtviduato by 
movtog a cuiior onto tfietn and 
pfBseing ftt^^ You ran ttwi either tiite 
diroet tonbol ow them, or merely 
ssiKtan enenty lof Ifiem to attadc 

If conibs! Is going b«fiy -m6H 
often drwi - you twn Ilia optei of 
latMng Mw rtog-bsarer wear toe ring. 
This analiies you to dtoappaar town the 
Ught of ordtoary opponenfe end meait 
aw^f . Ihan are dliadwinlian to Vii, 
toough - your Wlue rtocraaaee tf an 
akmring rria (an ttol you run lia dale 
of beowhint a senint of dartinesa, 
toeing ttw gamiJandThe Nine NkcquI 
caneiilyeaeyDU. Thetaflararewy 
piMnrful magical atonaflto ol Saunn^ 
wno on ea no envf otoen you> 
stoalng tfie ring and retoming N to 
^uron. 

CNmii, the game's graplica art 
avei^ge - sound t» 
- and toe comtot 
sotpjanoes are pridy hant to control 
Tltstsaid. Ilbrl? ffleHmii QrOgost 
to prove fliat if i gunee conoapt Is 
sound and ttas he abity to capture 
your Irraginidon - wlitcli thii product 
ontoniy does - you don't need tolt of 
Itoatiy grapNcs to produce an 
enjrq^bie oomputer gatne. 

Pmentatlon 75% 

Styhh packaging and avnptvhen^ve 
scwwto to Kt toa eovM 

GrapMa 00% 

Muiuyiiivuyoui. DuiiinMuuvcoinoH 
scenes 

RulM 72% 

IntormslKe' and intomfng 

Pllyiliillty 75% 

ton-drtwficgntroi^ystome asyjQow . 
Out the DaiOeaaoon noomt napsilvt 

OVBUa 70% 

An ambitious and intnguhug 
gam« 

CRASH March 1939 73 






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lOA: P Omu*, aM tMrMwch QPPO a.) 

JMM* e»a<t PMIit>^llM iHl« tOih »l>r« 
t- ow X lu W NRSa MB( F«lw WMk FcvtlWI 




SKY HIGH 

Ou ol It* Nmh^wIi at «■»• tc thi 

smsniimf&oirimKiio^ 

^smta tri«||pi^ to C) mtMMt«rt <.«HHMFi 
WM I l«:y(Meril Anyw«K.lilr tvxi^ wople 
wi b«t7<t4Ml« • hour IjttjJhBpp* Mli '- 

1VF,ltoii«l^iy.flKdHllBW«NdB; S 

tetiT Der JTM an tM IK»Y W-rmra. 
PtolilKjitlllllT-ifrfl 

(HJt4 MPB; 

■•■•a tao gOR; Mtn itoMi, Dmto oea i 

fiwwto, BatenHrtn-Mumlw CH#1« RAW; 
CiWirtDfd JotWHlMi, KMwv IVIt OHZ: J 
tll Hii y t, 0i*9>4 0»9 fTWj 0»4M AMn, 
Co*cfwM*r CM IVHi Roimn ImlBi: HarM4 

Lns aeri MhIi tn^t. wmimo tJi vu 

iarifM)«iilnn Hi^O. 

^S Itwd priM •mtnar* wdl '•OMV4 • copy ci( 
ti« CRASH SntMh gun* ftw/tftlta* . 

M It Mlid<if. AM)aw*T 3P10 30V: ieftn 
DurmwU. Wl«an WtM «La; SH^'^w^ 

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HwdnOflfi ttO MT; Alwi Pwc«M). 
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CMin PrtM, Hi l maw»n WKt iiL »*n 

iMhuit tn tOT. P'wm A»*on. ThflMbr 

TSn OAJ; Staflhwt KlM^ BinH CM VMUl 

Ktfth nqtof4t nynrniA i<l3 4rr- amIi>« 
•town*, •harton »«■ mo. Ana ^t bul 
tff BO ■nWM iw»l- kwUhgrtf wivm%^mt)m 
(li««*«0 ■» f h*haDp«»r «l ol th«tf AMn l« 
tar«n#OfCcitjrHit 

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At the turn of the century that 
new fangled gizmo, the X-ray 
machine, was installed in shoe 
shops so customers could see the 
bones of their toes wiggling in 
their new hush puppies. Forty 

Kears ago smoking was the 
eaithy thing to do, promoted by 
movie stars like Ronald Reagan. 
Nowadays we know better, of 
course . . . i^^i^^^^^iB^^^^^ 

THE 

ZAPPING OF 
BRITAIN 



After a brief spell as Father Christ mas, MEL 
CROUCHER now returns in cape and tights as 
Captain Paranoia. The British Government, 
muilinationat electronics firms, the US Military - 
they're all out to get you. Unless you want your 
eyes (o be hardboiled by the time you're 24, read 
the full expose . . . 




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obody in ihcijr righi mmds. would 
fhovc ihe'it h«jd in a micrc>wave 
oven and switch U on, would ihey? 
Nobody with any %n^ would keep A live 
si-wy machine as a houwhofd pet, would 
ihey? Nobody with any inside knowledge 
would stdnd for days on end in front of a 
faiiaf dish gntti it fried iheir eye^ out, or 
would they^ Asa mat^et of fact, they would. 
Vou would, Vou probably do, and ! 
certainly do. My softenmgbiain j&no more 
than tour feet from one such radiation 
sourte .11 fhii very moment, Wliat I am 
taJ ki ng .ilwui 11^ my t omputer Kteer* , What 
all these device^ have in common is thai 
tbpy emtl efectfomj^nielic waves. These 
waves doni rip gte,\\ w,iris of electfoni off 
molecutes the way nuclea-f bombs do, 
father I hey le^ve ihem in place but give 
them a tickle. Thissortofwaveisknowna* 
'iron-ionisinR' radiation, It is not only 
seeping out of your montlor, it crops up all 
Qfver the place: around power cdbtes, TV 
tfansmitter ^, even Ijghr bulbs, and it )& very, 
very dangerous stuft indeed , 
Unlike mosi wdve forms, Ihese non> 

82 CRASH March 1989 



ionising waves don't occur in nature, and 
human beings have noi had jny time fo 
devetep any rf^isttfnceto them, lam aware 
that softie readersare going to accuse me of 
scare-mongeringa:nd*enMtionalhm, so lei 
me give you i few facts (and every one of 
them is wdi documented and proven). 



ENERGY FOR DEATH 

In 1954 a radk) technician nanied Sam 
VjUHion was working for the New York 
Telephone Company, when he was given 
the job of running TV trariSrfiisSions from tfie 
top of the Empire Stale Building, By 1%S, 
doctors ijeg^n lo suspect that softte sort of 
efettrical waves were affecting his sight, his 
bearing and his mind. Wf^n he died in 
1 974, he vb^ighed less than five stone, and 
his brain and body had fallen to bils. Legal 
history was made when his widow was 
awarded huge damages from the company, 
who were accused of kfllinp him oiif with 
non-ionising fadiatbn Since tbt*n ihe 
American lawyers have gone to town. 



hrtiing back a: ihe tecbno'killers \eH, right 
and centre, and more importantly, winning 
CA^iE^ against computer companies, radar 
operators and TV stations. In one 
spectacular case a Texas court ordered a 
teiephone company to forkoui J2S million 
compensation for stringing up power cables 
over a scbooi playground, A link with 
leukaemia was found! 

Today in tf>e USA, ibe Soviet Union and 
several enlighler>ed European countries, 
the running of power cabtes near civilian 
buildings is illegal They undeoiand the 
rislcs and h j,ve banned this slupid practice. 
In Britain, the Governmem still dienies thai 
there is a problem, with the resutt that them 
are no laws prohibiting it. With Ihe 
pdvatfsation of electricity coming up this is 
evert mwe a cause for concern, 



RAY-CUNS FOR THE NINETIES 

In 1959, a bofim trom Czechoslovakia 
named Kare^ Martu used non -ionising rays 
on rats , The rodents got confused , then tbey 



went ctiiy. and then proceeded to die nf 
convulsions, in the^nwyeaf, the 
America nil di^ovefed thjt ihy Ru&^ijnii 
wefebofnbjfdingllwir Embdi>sy in Moscow 
with similar bonker^beams, bjt didn't tell 
their own staff for iwenty years, apparently 
because they did not have a clue how io 
deal Willi the death ray:^. S0% of their 
Amfaassadofijl staff $ubseqi>entlv {fied of 
cancer, and 2S% developed thw blood 
dheaiSies. Now, t how diplomats whoaie 
still alive are suing Ihe soclks off thetr own 
government. 

The Americar« learned a lesMin or two 
from the Russians, though, and the next 
generation of^nti-personnel vveapons JS 
already is uit*. V«, io\ki, Rjy Guns have 
finally crawlied off the sci4i pages ^nd tnio 
the rTMidern military arsenal. But they ain't 
called tawfs; in tribute to our sister 
rnagJifine they're known as "Zappers'. 

Before these futuristic weapons could be 
used on the battlefield they had to be tested, 
ofcourse,andwhere better thanGreenham 
Common where a bunch of unarmed peace 
women were ca usi n g a bit of a ruck us . S ince 
1 984 there have been ft89 proven case* of 
the effects of 7.Apptn% on Cfeenham 
Women - all toniirmed by doctors — 
including irtability to move or think, 
sickness, irregular bleeding from the gums, 
rtose and vagina '(the latter in women aged 
over bXi\), sunburn during the night ina 
sensitivity to electrical objects likelfanMslor 
radios and sirtp li|;hts. Wher> the Zapped 
women left the area around the missile base 
their symptoms disappeared, only to returrt 
when they wece Zapped again. The code 
nances for thf weapons used are the Photic 
Drive, the Squawk Box and the Valkyrie. 

This rather uncivilized scam was firially 
blown in December 1 'J&S, when the former 
Deputy Director of Ihe b'S Defence Nuclear 
Agency, Dr IheMkire Taylor, told a 
conference m London that *he next 
generatiori of microwave weapons were 
already off the drawing boards. Taylor then 
proceeded to give details of what the 
doctors had already confirmed . 



TECHNOSTRESSED 

Bui what's all thisgot to do with me playing 
computer ganves afid using my word 
proc€?ssoF?' f hear you mumble- Keep 
reading, gentle Header, keep reading. The 
latest fashionable disease h sorr»ethJng the 
media have labelled ' Yu ppte Fl u ' - you feel 
lousy, your resistance to all the usual bugs 
is lowered, and you don't koow what's 
causing H . Chances are you worli or play 
with a computer 

The Health Ministry denies that Ihere is 
any link. But in 1981 the National Institute 
of Occupattonaf Saiely and Health showed 
that certain groups of workers suffered what 
they called 'tethnostress'. The groups 
rrtcluded air^tra^rc controllers, TV 
producers, radar operators and (very 
surpn^in^y) video typlsits. tt was only after 
the report was published Ihal the 
researchers realised what the hell 
technostress really was, At first they'd 
thought it was caused by the pressure of 
work, but then someone came up with a 
very simple equation : the longer a worker 
sat in front of a computet nwnitor, the 
worse the symptoms got. The most 
technostfesscd groups of alt were not air- 
traffic con I rollers, who work short shifts, 
but VDU operators sitting in from of their 
machines atl day. every day: people like 
typists, travel agents and fgoo help me) 
jou ma lists . We were al I voluntari ly Za ppi ng 
ourselves I 

Suddenly, other facts and figures began 
to fall into place, such as the fact that four 
out of seven pregnancies in a single 
Canadian office (the Toronto Sw 
newsroom, 1 979) resulted m deformed 
babies. All the women used VDUs. Mone 
scientific research has resulted in hard 
evidence, none more so than the shocking 
results of a survey of 1 Sfl3 pregnant 
CaJifomian women, undertaken by Kaiser 
Permanenle last June. This proved that 
pregnant women who worked at computer 
terminah for more than twenty hours a 



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week run an 80% greater risk of 
m«scarriages and giving birth to deformed 
babltes, as compared to women who do 
similar jobs without using computers. 
t am sad to report thai although the 
evidence is overwheSming, and riespite the 
faci that over 1 7 countries have now passed 
laws controlling the use of com puters in the 
workplace, here in Britain we are taking no 
urgent action whatsoever. Thi*^ is a national 
scandal! Are the lives of British computer 
users less valuable than those in Sweden, 
Russia or llaly^ I think not. The first proper 
British study is under way in Reading, where 
the sport taneous abortion rate ot up to 400 
women VDU operators is being studied, 
and the results will be OUT fatcf this year Big 
deal ! There is no need to wait for this report, 
becausetheeviderKeisalreadyhere, tt was 
published last October Iw Ihe United 
Nations Intemationil Liboiir 
Organisation, and CRASH readers might 
like lo know whai the United Nations has 
recommended should i>e fsw in Britain. 



UNITED NATIONS !LO 
PROVISIONS & ME 

The provisions are that: 
•Computer operators should take A 
minimum ten minutes bfeak after a 
maximum of two hours work, Preferably, 
VDU operator^ should have a 1 5 minute 
break afleronly orve hour in front of a VDU, 
#VDU work should not be longer than 
twenty hours a week, and it is 
recommendied that the limit is four hours a 
day with a maximum set at six hours in any 
day. 

•Computer operators should have an eye 
test before being stuck with a job that plonks 
them in front of a screen, with regular eye 
tests every three months . (The costs of these 
tests, a« wefl as any necessary glasses or 
tontacl lenses should be paid for by the 
employer!) 

# Pregnant women must have the option of 
being transferred to non-VDU work, 
withoul any loss of pay. promotion 
prospects or job status. 
•Jobs should be riesigned so that computer 
work is alternated with other tasks to avoid 
boredom, stressand 'non-ionised' 
radiation hazards. 

•Computer nvanufacturers should shield 
their machines from leaking 
electromagnetic radiation by shoving VDUs 
inside an earthed cage. 

I reckon the chances of any of these items 
becomtrtg law in ihe offices, schools and 
factories of Britain in the foreseeable hjture 
are less than teto. In fact, jvst as recently as 
December 7 oflast year Ihr House of Lords 
rejected the EurOfican Conwniss4on s 
recommendation for VDU users, saying 
that they had no evidence thai they are a 
health hazard. Such complacency is 
worrying to say the least. 
But what you do in your own home, with 
regard to your own computer, is upto yov. 
Make up your own minds, and maybe riow 
you ve read these facts you wi kl c ha nge your 
computer habits. If you ignore them, the 
chances of ycHi becoming a 
' Tech nostr««d Zapped' statistic are 
higher than mine, because I've just 
swftc hed to a banery -powered LC D display 
machine for my work. 

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RATS, PUCKS, 
BALLS AND POP 



Relieved to be back to his fuH page IAN 
LACEY takes a look at some distinctly off- 
beat PBM games . , . 



WELL I don't 
Know about you 
but I can't wait 
fOf AprrCs 4th 
British PBM 
Conv*ntlon. to t^ held at an as 
yei yndecidett London addross. 
ItsHoukl be a good event, sobe 
therel Now on with the reviews. 



WHERPS ROLAND? 

Car facing seems a strange sub- 
ject for PBMh but Rt^Rachtg 
proves to be a pretty fun game. 
FOf your E3 stflrt-up lee you get 
two rulebooks, one with essen- 
Ual game rules , the other with an 
amus^g and informative run- 
ning C0fTirT>entaiy. 

Airth« racing drivers are differ- 
ent people, created by the 
players' distribution of points 
amor^Qst various driving skills 
(COffTonng, overtaking ©tc). 
However. the cars - or Rats as 
they are called - all drive the 
same: four wheels and electric 
engines with Jeft-hand button for 
bribing, right -hand button for 
accelerating. This means it's up 
tothednvers' ski lis amj judge- 
m«nt, not the care' abitities. 

Turn resuKs come in two sec- 
tions. First you receive a per- 
sonal results stieet with detatled 
analysis of evefy manoeuvre you 
made in the race, a final placings 
list. ■ extra activities' and an 
updated charad er analysis. The 
second part of the turn results 
Ooesto all players and is a Com* 
mentaryontherace, 

Ttie qgantity and qualrty of 

S6 CRASH March 1 969 



information in the turns repres- 
ents good value tor money at 
CI .25 a throw. Moreover, every 
other turn you receive a map of 
the neift two racing circuits with 
thei r cornenng spmda and brak- 
ing distances. These are used 
when you write yom" orders. You 
decide wtwther to go fasler or 
slower, or to brake earlier or tater 
than recommend^. Many other 
features affect perfon*nar>ce 
though, such as morale, skills. 
f>eaith and reactions. Overall, 
RotRadnghv&ry enjoyable with 
computer-rTKXleration to give 
fast and unbiased results. I think 
it deserves a larger audience 
than It has seen to date. £3.00 
start-up fees should be made 
payable to Danren Cook at Hat- 
RBCing, 92 Cromw Road, Het- 
lescton, Norwich, Noffolk, NR6 
6XN. 



ON ICE 

Sfaip^of isan ice fKockey simu- 
lation from Tactics Ptay By Mail 
Qafnei. The game remains very 
true 10 the aport. using the rules, 
jargon and team names. For 
your £5 stafE-up fee you get an 
A4 rul«t)Ook ex plaining tfw rules 
of t(x hockey and the PBM 
garr>e Best of ^1. though, is the 
wealth of info gained with each 
turn. You gel a tumsheel; a 
description of your next oppo- 
rwnl's playtng strategy; a 
defiled report of your last 
game ; less detailed reports on aii 
league games, an update on tfre 
league tables and occasionally a 



newsletter with lists of tf>e 
league's best players; njmoum; 
news and reports from the col- 
lege ice hockey scene so you 
know which rookies to took out 
for, Obviously that lot doesn't 
eon^ cheap; but I think it war- 
rants the £2 price lag. A great 
game if you*re anything of an tee 
hockey fan and a lot of fun even 
if you're not Contact: Tactics 
PBM, 25 Low Friar St., New- 
castle- upon-Tyn«,Tyr« & 
Wear NE1 SUE. 



BE ELTON JOHN 

Ideal Games is the creation of 
Dan McCrosean ar>d begins 
trade with ihe launch of two 
compu^er-mocJeraied PBM 
games. The first is a rather nm- 
of-the-mill football manager 
game called S^cerBoaa, still 
ita pmentatlon is atsove-awer- 
age and the price is appealing. 
Start-ijp is totally free which gets 
you a nice, although pretty brief , 
rulebookand a stalling posttton. 
From then on turns are BOp per 
fortnight for two or mora 
matches. 

Their second game is a simu- 
lation o1 thepop woddi Pop Star 
has you as a singer, or band, 
desjxirate to top the charts. Wrth 
good videos, stage perfor- 
mances, TV appearances and 
lots of boasting you too can try 
and contour way to stardom. 
Attematively you coukj try writ- 
ing good songs, but wfiy bother? 



Nobody else seems to! The pnce 
Is the same as Soccer Boss, and 
ttie address br Dan McCroa- 
san, Ideal Games, 72 Town- 
send Street, Strabane, 
Co Tyrooe, N Iretafxl 
BT82eHY. 

DORMITARY FAN- 
TASIES 

The latest computer-moderated 
fantasy wargame from 0«fn«« 
Laboratory is Mag»it>rcis Of 
Doftn. Set on tf>e planet Dorm 
(originally designed for their 
RPG Furttter fnto Fantasy). 
pfayers act as major leaders of a 
Dormian army. The action takes 
place on an island, a rough map 
Of which is provided in the 
rulebook. The map shows the 
position of fifty sotttements. On 
your tumsheets a computerised 
vereior of tf>e rnap gradttaiiy 
txifcfs up as you «^Jom. At firat 
you seem very iaotated, but in 
truth the other magelords are 
only (our or five squares away. 
Rghttng starts quicldy, getting 
rid of weaker magelords and set- 
ting play up for later stages. Tti© 
object of the garne is to become 
the one ruling magelord. Th^ is 
accomplps^ted by contjolling a 
hurtdred squares for three con- 
secutive turns. 

You control your entire era>* 
nomy and war effort. It is also 
possible to Inieivene ki your 
arTni^' actions by lencfing nvx^ 
or physical support using magik. 
You control your armies with a 
CfK»ce of five actions combined 
with six strategies, and a choice 
of eight directions. It is possitile 
to control forty armies, twjl you 
can only order three - so you 
must get your pnorrties right 
rteartiw dame's end- You may 
alBO Mre neroes to figfrt 
aion^ide your army generals for 
SKtra power, 

MagetofJis OfDofm\s a great 
fantasy wargame. The start-up 
package contains a high quality 
32-p89e A5 rulebook, two free 
turns, a list of other players' 
names and aditresses and a 
postcard -styte starting sheet. 
The text m a littla confused, but 
creates a great almospfiere, and 
the game is easy to gel into. Nor- 
mally a start-up pack costs £1 , 
but The OamM Laiforvlory 
have agreed to let ue have 50 
free start-ups. To get one draw, 
or write a descnption of, a 
Magelord of Dorm, it doesn't 
have to be a k>ng desertion or 
greet picture, just so k>ng afi K'a 
got almosphere. Send your 
entries, or fif you're not artisti- 
cally inclined)a cheque for £t ,to 
The Game Laboratory. PO Boi 
1Z7 5wir>dofi. Winshife 
SN3 6PW 



That's nny rot, amf If you decide to go to tf>« cortvefltkm wtiy not 
Utfik out for a neatfy prvaented individual (smart clatftes, 
pojtshed sfKMS, slick hair, cleanly sftaven etc.) ... he ahould 
knote whtrv i em H you f arwy # chati 




This month CRASH'S very own Comms 
Gnome, PAUL EVANS, takes a look at a rival 
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FMALLV I can br eashe 
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this IS lor Stallone tans onty. 

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Next to eadt chart* topping game we also prirrl a score to aim tor Thts 
score ts catculaled (veiy mAth<ematica{ty) witti the aid of PtiiE King's 
oonifNitef The person nearest to the target score of tne month wM gel 
!helr name and score prifrted in tfie oorre^rvding Issue of CRASH. Now. 
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THE NEJCT ISSUEofCRASH will contain yet more exclusives 

(but we're not saying what, or someone 
elseHI nick 'em) and fANJAS^iC feature on The 
Reai GhostbusterSf ptus a superb compo 
that'll blow your mind (well, you'll be pretty 
impressed). They'll also be a SUPG^ 
pull-out poster feature, a report on the 
Arcade Convention in London and a 
\/m SPemiSU^^^Se {we're not 
giving much away, are we?). Be 
sure to look out for the next 
issue of CRASH. (Corl It sounds 
so good, I think Til take out a 
CRASH subscription! -Dom.) 
(Another satisfied customer- 
Ed Stuart. No, not Ed Stewart, 
dimwit!) 

On Sale March 30 




Of all the promo piciures found at the recent Toy Fair In London, Akttt/% bears were definitvi ^ a tt hvst. Night, nighl, and 
fleep light till next muni . . . 



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supplies (or you. You can aiso 
Invadfl «norny islands, taking on 



suppi', aasfca rc-r youisc; 

As you can see from t! 

scrsonahots tKefo's pier 

.-it: fOi'M s<ii& 01 ican4. 
-ens Inctude; Ship 
repairs. Manta^Wair 

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>a svaiegy game ^ 
'.:■ .-I'." .1 iv i?-i'r Mj.. dTQ n6(Jtr^ and the 

oyafttec earners arc at opposite ends of 

»STproe(afiv 1 the map. By contrast, the tacti^ 
",fivlncfKi ' caiaam-mbogifis with moot of the 

I Oiled by orw carrier 
' j'r>tw 1 U' t' ly ■-.•>" lyi . and the carriers 
' rifintiveiy close together. Therft 
also two types o( victory : tac ' 

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hen there's something strange in your neighbotjif- 
hood, who re you gonna call? Well, not any stupid actors 
iika 8i!i Murray . No, you want Ttm R»al Ghostbust^ra. the 
guys, ghost and secretafy the movte was based on. The 
Veal' ghoslbusting computer garne is due out soon from 
Ac1ivj«iori and could we4l soiash the rrmga sales eslab< 
lished by the game-of-the-film. If you want to join them in 
their fearless eKpioits, taming all the paranormal force daily 
disrupting life in New YoiH City, start saving now (E9 99 
casaette). 



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^y ue out soon ks ktcndmim Shrinking Sptm*. The 
strange-sounding game Involves a 3-D ma^e wtwre the 
idea Is to move your sphere Iracn A to B without running 
fool ol the numerous pits erxl traps that have iwen set to 
destroy unwary pteyers like youraetf. Search it out soon 
from youf local oomputef stockist pficed £t,99/El4.99, 
(rom Elwrtric Dreams 









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$^^ m^^t>alls reeture in Electric Df«mW rkm 
SMWiw'. a pinball game licensed from a Sega ork^ 

■^'^^itl^l.;"^'' ^^ parts (ao upper and tower 

wi wJ^i^ ^'^ '"^' ^**™^s screen. The game should 
hit the streets in Aprtipcteed at £9.9mu.99^^ 



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/^~. V*'* '!f* ^ *'"'*^'* gNmpse of Qrandsfam's P*c- 
afKJ on a TV cartoon, Ihe lovable grapefruii is hack A„ni 

1 ye? sCRASH Christmas cover . the taJ« follows Pacci* 
on a trej< through the colouHuf (^eli.on S^i^S 
surroundings of his horm land of P^-Ud For s?.™ 
.nei^licable reason, Pac-Man has j\^t7esoS a Si^Ti^ 
m^ return home as soon as poss^L^ ^n^1^\ 
a fe^ pacprlis In the oven. Watch out for aiJ youVSd faJ^ 



ack tn 1 9S5 the Atari Corporation was spitt into Alan 
Corp (home computera) and Atoi Games [arcade 
machines)- Since tfie fonrter still makes home computer 
games, the latter uses ttie Ttngen riame tor home com* 
puler conversions of its arcade hits, OomarH have handled 
three Tengen products already - the superb Stm tVsrs 
trilogy " and have now signed a three-year contract with 
Atan Games to convert more garnes, with mof e emphasis 
on the Tengen rwrrw. Five coln-op conver$icr»s are plan- 
ned for 1 989, the first being VlfnHcatott. TTie year is 2525 
ar>d ttw Tangertt Empire is threatening life as we know it 
So yo*j leap into your Uusty Sft-flS Strategic Tar>k, conv«- 
nientfy iocated inside an enemy space station and set 
about soeyng otit arxf destroying its ttjntrot centre. There 
are 14 space stattons In ail, each fully equipped with 
automatic defence systems! 

Armoured tanks, and tun^ts talce pot shots at your veh- 
icle, whilst lase* gates and mines provide the player with 
some stH*y situations wtwn trying to manoeuvre. Your 
tank is tough, but you are ocdaskjnaily allowed to cus- 
tomize your vehicle to make it even tougher. The arrwunt 
of modifications you're allowed depends on how rrxany 
Battle Stars you have. Available in March at C9.99/E 1 4 .99. 



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snnstnias 19^ sow uucAfi swamptn^ tne 
opposition, its software flagships Operation 
Wolf and RoboCop coming first and sacond 
e Gallup charts. Those CRASH Smashes 
already been followed up by another in 
Is issue, Run The Gauntlet, and there are 
plans for many mora. CRASH invasti- 




Cdan'« central Man- 
cttestar otfiCM share 
building apoc« with a 
church and are 
nr)(Mt>prtetety divided 

rteaver) aod hefl. 
i4<<c)<her«'smeairy 
omcasofthaPRslsfr 
ctrip< tights and a 
roof. Under- 
ground. twyorNJ a heavy fira 
door, there's the dtsiinctty laaa 
waH-M vrarH space of tha 
<nhou«e programmars. Most of 

a af»: y 

.. wiL'i lufiy. wfjyoufi 
perrnanentty burderted 
«vlith oomput«rs, ioysticka. cof- 
cupa and ffianrded gizmoa. 
Moat of the devetopmant work 
dona on Atan STs, with 

Spectoum ganiaa 
diractfy loaded Into +28 
om coffee-stained STs Oneof 
rrtoet imprassivfl demos was 

Andraw DaaMn 
loaded tha oame in, htor Horn 
axptoinad the game's concept. 
T1)|| ftanegisde Sanaa had 

am) a convarakm of a 
em-up. foHowad 
by an onginai two-player sequel 
- Target: RonogmiB The third, 
and definitely ttw ftnai game wld 
be another sidaways scroHlng. 
mijMoad beat-'am-up. but wl4h 
.^mailer character graphics 
aBowtng upper and towe< Aoors 
10 tM afwwn. Gameplay is lo be 
much mora sophisticalad. with 
lots nt !?tranqecreaturaa hav^ 
tna> iqua attack pai- 



tema. Thescenano has yet to be 
fully wodtod out, but will knvoiva 
a single player time-traveHIng 
through lour levets; Prehlatorte 



ramadiabla a the an*' 
Amio, with mu' ng 



mars IMia loanb v 
Orafca, They work i( 
row office stiU domina' 
cardboard floboCpp 
video setup. Last 
warii down to Pifwwood St 
to catch up ~^ f*^ 4evaii 
of the new* on 





A Ami* gMng fallow 
MuscovHas soma R*d 

Ttmsa, Ancient Egypt. Mooic^aj 
Tlmea ar»d The Futura. Each 
level will t>e ten screens k)ng iHxl 

colour •* ''"^ ^»* ir*rWftH fn ri\j(»o 

things' 

/iarwgaoe oames were ptog^ 
rammed byMIIca LsMb, and tha 
pr o gi a m r rtars of Opanthon Wolf 
arid Rambo nif ii>f,rt^ h.^n.-, i^ do 

justaswttti 

The naxt ptuvw^ to go cm 
show was from an outside prog- 
ramming team - Special FX - 
previously responsible for Fntfy 
and thalateat fiatmiv) gan-ie. 
Very much in Its aartystaQsa the 
game version of Arnold Schwar- 
zenegger's flad Ha«f is essan- 
tiaiiy another mulUioaded beat- 
envup Its presantation Is 
uniciue ho^Bvar. with the pUi 
araa taking up onK- hn^ the 
screen to achicr 



I film tiM!lhaaL''!v'ihrrM M"1.if1:f1 

oainian aiia Jii 

The Joker. Gr. 

was impresfr.) try the him S 

i^^.'^ hrOOdlriQ -•trTionr.h.ws 

■v»s \jpst: 
aoicn scenes ik- a puir^ 
turn into subgames had I 
changed. At the monwnt i 
was to t>e seen was an i 
sivDiy^muftCulod Batman sprita^ 
swtn^: ~ "op 

factor, 

we re assureo that a new i 
gptiund ^ to be dosigrwdf) 
rtim and game are set for i 
August rekmse data and. (ir 
croaaad, ahoukl be axcaUant, 
(n a more advanced state of 
devel'"'-'^-'-' ■ 





Amillion yc«r«BC aiul Matt's still wearing hi« S0t4«r»d tunglatiai 



98 CfWSH March 1989 




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ganrta isn't du- 

tember at the edrli««l. Qcedo 
expect ti to t>o Ijig, s^t Vrr 
mar Jamaa Higgiri 
ar • "•^'iki MODonuHj I 
k plates. 

Oih«« Ocean games planned 
tf-i -:tit\ as dosoly-guSFdad as 

ilmon pk)t. Ho doutrt 
meiu 11 be yet more movie j 
licences an?? hof^fu'V < 
conversir m-opS; 

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